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Using Ununtu 12.04, and recently got a message that disk space is running out. Ran the Disk Usage Analyzer, which froze. After some research, I see a directory in ~ called "9fybsyiikg" which is 1065357312 bytes.

I tried opening that folder in the file manager, and nothing happens. I tried lsing in, and nothing happens.

And then I tried rm -rf 9fybsyiikg, and nothing happens.

Any ideas what this directory may be, and how to get rid of it?

Joe Z
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The rm command will take some time; if you're not getting any errors, just let it run. If you do get errors, try some of these solutions:

  1. find

     find ~/ -maxdepth 1 -name 9fybsyiikg -delete

  2. rm and wait, this might take a while (yes, I know you tried it but it might help others)

     rm -rf ~/9fybsyiikg

  3. You might just have too many files, try this

     find  ~/9fybsyiikg -delete && rmdir ~/9fybsyiikg

  4. If all else fails, use some Perl magic:

     perl -e 'use File::Path; rmtree "$ARGV[0]"' ~/9fybsyiikg

    Explanation

    • -e : run the script passed on the command line

    • rmtree : a command from the File::PAth module that deletes whole directory trees

terdon
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