an rm question -- how to rm a file -b

Joe Angelo joe at tekbspa.UUCP
Sat Apr 23 13:10:15 AEST 1988


in article <4470003 at hpindda.HP.COM>, vandys at hpindda.HP.COM (Andy Valencia) says:
> 
> 
> 	If you get really desperate, cd to the dir it's in and do:
> 

	# rm -ir .

Answer 'n' to other files, 'y' to your file; intr when past your file.
Ofcourse,

	# rm ./-b

works nicely!
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