Problem removing a file
thomas.b.merrick
tbm at cbnews.ATT.COM
Thu Feb 2 23:14:31 AEST 1989
In article <791 at pedsga.UUCP> jeffj at pedsga.UUCP (Jeff Jonas,TF,7) writes:
>In article <695 at flatline.UUCP> erict at flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes:
>|>Ok, I've really done it now. I've created, in my home directory,
>|>a file by the name of:
>|>-ef
>|>rm: illegal option -- e
>|>usage: rm [-fir] file ...
>
Well, the easiest trick is like ::
rm ./-ef
Works every time, even if rm does not understand "--".
Tom Merrick ATT BTL Ward Hill MA att!mvuxd!tbm
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