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RE: how to remove a file starting with -
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron Holtz)
Wed Nov 18 18:28:59 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 18:28:07 -0500 (EST)
From: Aaron Holtz <aholtz@bright.net>
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I know we've seen the answer, but a simple ./ works:
rm ./-filename
Works like peach. You can use that for any other command that would fail.
touch ./-filename
etc, etc.
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Aaron Holtz
ComNet Inc.
Manager, Unix Systems Administration
Email: aholtz@bright.net
"I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous."
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, James Baxter wrote:
>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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