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Re: how to remove a file starting with -
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Forrester)
Wed Nov 18 18:18:04 1998
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cc: James Baxter <jbaxter@morsco.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 18 Nov 1998 16:48:55 CST."
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Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:15:01 -0800
From: Rick Forrester <rickf@glacier.jpl.nasa.gov>
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Gordon Messmer should win the cigar. The correct method of
removing a file with a leading "-" is "\rm -- -*" (or -name).
His reason is also correct; I caught sight of his posting just
as I had started this response. 8^)
best
rickf
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