I've tried to remove linux files from windows but they hadn't been deleted.
I tried to remove from Ubuntu terminal but get "permission denied"
I set chown $USER:$USER and chmod 777 for parent directories and files also try sudo it did't help at all
I install Ubuntu 20 from windows store.
I use command sudo rm {my filename}
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"I install Ubuntu 20 from windows store" This is WSL?– xenoidCommented May 1, 2020 at 7:47
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@xenoid This was WSL, yes– ValeryCommented May 1, 2020 at 8:45
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I have this same problem and will provide some context that may be relevant. For me, the file I cannot remove is a CSV file that I had opened in Excel at some point. The file is not visible when using FileExplorer and running 'ls -l' shows that it has 0 links. Here is a post that may be helpful: askubuntu.com/questions/1389682/…..– SlavatronCommented Aug 24, 2023 at 16:24
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I had this problem and was able to solve it by shutting down WSL using PowerShell. First I ran wsl --list --verbose to get the version of Ubuntu I had running. Then I ran wsl -t Ubuntu to shut WSL down. After, starting WSL up again the file was gone.
