Removing \ file in command line only

Question

I accidently create a "\" file into my linux how to revert it. I tried rm \ (as it's the escaping character it didn't work), rm '\' and rm \\ nothing worked.

Answer 1

As you said, you can't remove the file "\" directory, since \ is used as the shell escape character.

So instead, use the \ character to escape the file/directory named "\":

$ rm -i \\

Here's my test:

# Make and verify the problem
$ touch \\
$ ls -ld \\
-rw-r--r--  1 me  me  0 Oct 11 16:59 \

# Remove the file:
$ rm -i \\
remove \? y
$ ls -ld \\
ls: \: No such file or directory