Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 11:23:47 -0000 From: Daniel Bye <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net> To: 'Larry Rosenman' <ler@lerctr.org>, "'questions@freebsd.org'" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Pesky file Message-ID: <886CA0C095C5D411B95400508B6F741286601A@ukcamexch4.cam.uk.internal>
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Ah, it's so SIMPLE when you know how... Thanks, Larry! -----Original Message----- From: Larry Rosenman [mailto:ler@lerctr.org] Sent: 01 December 2000 11:23 To: 'questions@freebsd.org' Subject: Re: Pesky file * Daniel Bye <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net> [001201 05:21]: > Hi all, > > Here's a question for a Friday morning... Somehow, I have ended up with a > file named -help in my home directory. How can I get rid of it? It is 0 > bytes, > and if I try to rm, mv, unlink it etc, the shell interprets the file name as > an > argument to the program and spews forth errors. Backslash escaping it > doesn't work, and neither does quoting it. rm -- -help or rm -i ?help > > Is there any way to remove it by using the inode number?? It's not a huge > problem, but it is annoying that I can't figure out how to do it! > > TIA for any insights/solutions. > > Dan Bye > _______________________________ > UUNET UK > FM Server Support Engineer > Internet House > 332 Science Park > Milton Road > Cambridge > CB4 0BZ > > Tel: 01223 250 122 > E-mail: servers@support.uk.uu.net > > A WorldCom Company. > ============================ > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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