When is a file name not a file name?

[Stephen J. Friedl]

[How do I remove a file called "-l"]

Somebody suggests:
>
>      rm ./-l     or,      rm -i *

In article <20314 at adm.BRL.MIL>, packman%TAMUNIX.BITNET at tamvm1.tamu.edu (Packman) writes:
> 
> The first one will work ok, but the second one will not because the
> shell expands the "*" to "-l" and then rm thinks it's an option.

Imagine what happens if you ran "rm -i *" and the file you really
wanted to remove was "-f"?

     Steve

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