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RE: how to remove a file starting with -

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Baxter)
Wed Nov 18 18:12:22 1998

From: "James Baxter" <jbaxter@morsco.com>
To: <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:10:47 -0600
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Thanks for the try but no luck so far.


Try

rm "-letter"

and see if this works.

Jon Himebaugh
Jon.Himebaugh@tma.osd.mil
(303) 676-3798

> 
> 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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