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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 08:57:50 -0500 (EST)
From: James FitzGibbon <james@teamos2.org>
To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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Subject: Re: How to delete strange filename
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On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, John-Mark Gurney wrote:

> > Somehow, I've got a file called "-i" in my home directory.  How do I 
> > remove it?  Everything I've tried attempts to parse the "-i" as a 
> > parameter, even with quotes (all varieties).
> 
> try "rm -- -i"
> 

Wonderful, it worked.  Thanks.


j.

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