find the inum of it via ls -il;
root@server:/export/home/operator:> ls -il
total 217
176546
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 205 Nov 22 09:22
234262 -rwxr--r-- 1 root root 242 Oct 6 2006 bkup_report
check the inum
root@server:/export/home/operator:> find . -inum 176546 -exec ls -al {} \;
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 205 Nov 22 09:22 ./
remove it
root@server:/export/home/operator:> find . -inum 176546 -exec rm -i {} \;
rm: remove ./ (yes/no)? yes