If you have files that you can not delete due to strange characters, find the inode and delete them via that.
root@server puppetlabs # ls
activemq code enterprise installer license.key.2016 orchestration-services puppetserver r10k
client-tools code-staging --exclude-dirs=code,code-staging license.key mcollective puppet pxp-agent
[2017-08-17 16:03:42]
root@server puppetlabs # rm --exclude-dirs\=code\,code-staging
rm: unrecognized option '--exclude-dirs=code,code-staging'
Try 'rm ./'--exclude-dirs=code,code-staging'' to remove the file ‘--exclude-dirs=code,code-staging’.
Try 'rm --help' for more information.
[2017-08-17 16:02:30]
No chance with the above, so use:
root@server puppetlabs # ls -i
918314 activemq 918427 code-staging 917739 installer 918184 mcollective 918048 puppetserver
918293 client-tools 918390 enterprise 945600 license.key 918298 orchestration-services 918212 pxp-agent
918146 code 927457 --exclude-dirs=code,code-staging 934089 license.key.2016 918195 puppet 918294 r10k
[2017-08-17 16:04:36]
root@server puppetlabs # find . -inum 927457 -delete
[2017-08-17 16:04:59]
root@picard puppetlabs # ls
activemq code enterprise license.key mcollective puppet pxp-agent
client-tools code-staging installer license.key.2016 orchestration-services puppetserver r10k
[2017-08-17 16:04:59]
