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Date:      Tue, 11 Sep 2001 13:59:42 +1200
From:      "Philip Murray" <webmaster@open2view.com>
To:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Delete a file named "-1.new.new"
Message-ID:  <000901c13a65$6c984170$0500a8c0@SPARLAK>

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A file mistakenly got named like the above, however Bash, Tcsh, Csh and Sh
can't seem to delete it.

I've tried escaping the - and tried wildcards with "*new". I either get -1
isn't a valid option,  or it can't find the file.

How do I delete it?

Cheers

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Philip Murray


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