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Re: how to remove a file starting with -
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Hugo Coolens)
Thu Nov 19 02:15:21 1998
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 07:14:09 +0000 ( )
From: Hugo Coolens <coolens@kahoslg.be>
To: James Baxter <jbaxter@morsco.com>
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Every beginner (including myself) gets this problem one day or another.
Here is the answer: rm -- -letter
regards,
Hugo
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, James Baxter wrote:
> 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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