Stupid question...
Miquel van Smoorenburg
miquels at htsa.htsa.aha.nl
Thu May 30 23:55:32 AEST 1991
In article <1991May28.153437 at axion.bt.co.uk%> dwestlan at axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Westland) writes:
%>
%>In article <29957 at hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt5223b at prism.gatech.EDU (Doug Berkland) writes:
%>|> Along the lines of hard to remove files... is there any way to remove
%>|> a file beginning with a - ? Using \- doesn't get it... any ideas?
%>
%> A file called "-name" can be removed by the command :
%>
%>rm - -name
%>
%> The first "-" tells rm to take the argument (very) literally.
%> | DAVID WESTLAND |
%> | Email : dwestlan at axion.bt.co.uk |
AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
rm ./-name !!!!
Miquel.
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