In article <8445 at alice.UUCP> ark at alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) writes: >If your rm command uses getopt, you can remove a file named "-f" by saying > > rm -- -f What's wrong with good old "rm ./-f" ? This works regardless of getopt. Eduardo Krell AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ UUCP: {att,decvax,ucbvax}!ulysses!ekrell Internet: ekrell at ulysses.att.com