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Re: how to remove a file starting with -

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Statux)
Wed Nov 18 17:55:07 1998

From: "Statux" <statux@bigfoot.com>
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 22:52:22 -0000
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or do quotes work in Linux too... like rm "-letter"
<shrug>


-----Original Message-----
From: James Baxter <jbaxter@morsco.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 10:50 PM
Subject: how to remove a file starting with -


>Can some one tell me how to remove a file like -letter?  Even rm * fails
>because the -l looks like a bad option.
>Thanks
>
>Jim 
> 
>James Baxter 
>Manager Information Services 
>Morrison Supply Company 
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