Date: Wed, 22 Apr 1998 10:52:04 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> To: Andrew <andrew@iaccess.com.au>, Randy Katz <randyk@ccsales.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How To Delete Certain Files Message-ID: <19980422105204.A24838@ct.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <008a01bd53ac$8dd26c60$e34a05cb@alpine.iaccess>; from Andrew on Fri, Mar 20, 1998 at 02:02:01PM %2B1100 References: <008a01bd53ac$8dd26c60$e34a05cb@alpine.iaccess>
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Andrew:
|Randy Katz <randyk@ccsales.com>:
|>Hello,
|>
|>I have files that are named:
|>
|>-p
|>--exclude
|>
|>How would I go about removing them?
|
|try this
|
|rm -rf "--exclude"
|rm -rf "-p"
I don't think this will work. What you want is:
rm -- --exclude -p
"--" terminates argument processing so that "rm" doesn't think anything
else after that beginning with a "-" is an option. This should work with
most system commands.
Alternatively, change the filename so that it doesn't start with a -. E.g.:
rm ./--exclude ./-p
Another option. Put a filename that "doesn't" begin with a dash (possibly)
before the ones that do. E.g.:
rm abcdef --exclude -p
Randall
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