Help!!!
CRCHPUX System Manager
mkb at hoss.unl.edu
Thu Mar 8 04:26:40 AEST 1990
Here are some more (hopefully) helpful suggestions for the user with the
"-files.doc" problem:
1. Some UNIX versions have a nice option with "rm" that is just for
this situation, this is the minus (-) option. (Ultrix-32 is one such
implementation). All that is needed to remove files whose names begin
with a "-" is this:
rm - -files.doc
2. Try rm -i *.doc
This will ask for a yes or no response before deleting any files.
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Sincerely,
Mary Beardslee [ mkb at hoss.unl.edu ]
UNIX Systems Manager
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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