Originally Posted By: ryck
Here are the results of the two instructions. They were done both with Invisibles invisible and with Invisibles visible.

xattr -1 /Users/Beverley/Library/Preferences/.a23t.mk4e.plist

com.apple.TextEncoding: macintosh;0

strings /Users/Beverley/Library/Preferences/.a23t.mk4e.plist

streamtyped
NSNumber
NSValue
NSObject

Hey thanks man. That's it? Hmm, it seems so small.
I don't think it was anything bad... just unconventional.

If you would like to use Terminal to eradicate it, here are two choices...

RM - the basic Unix "remove" (for simple files like this, one could also type unlink):
rm -f /Users/Beverley/Library/Preferences/.a23t.mk4e.plist

SRM - Apple's own "secure remove" to which i like adding the verbose option (for visual progress):
srm -fv /Users/Beverley/Library/Preferences/.a23t.mk4e.plist

Warning: those commands make stuff go away instantly... and there is no
"undo". So be sure the files they're aimed at are truly not needed anymore.

Last edited by Hal Itosis; 03/24/10 10:39 AM. Reason: added warning