Unix problem

[Kenneth Herron]

mostek at motcid.UUCP (Frank B. Mostek) writes:

>find . -name "-C" -exec rm -f {} \;

>I am not sure why this works and
>rm -f "-C" does not work.

Because find will do the same thing the Frequently Asked Questions 
list suggests--it will execute

rm -f ./-C
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Kenneth Herron                                            kherron at ms.uky.edu
University of Kentucky                                        (606) 257-2975
Department of Mathematics 
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