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From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: How to delete strange filename
To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey)
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 16:18:05 +0100 (MET)
Cc: james@teamos2.org, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960304091215.11752A-100000@thurston.eng.umd.edu> from "Chuck Robey" at Mar 4, 96 09:13:30 am
Reply-To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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> 
> On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, James FitzGibbon wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Okay, stupid question here:
> > 
> > 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).

The problem only is that sometimes the filename contains ctrl characters
<cr>, backspace and such and you can't figure out what the filename really 
is.

I use rm -i * (or a narrower pattern) in such a case and shoot out the
respective file.

> > 
> > Is there something I can use to change the switch character, like some of 
> > the DOS C library calls can ?
> 
> When I get some really strange filename, I write up a really short C 
> program with one call to unlink("really_strange_filename").  It's worked 
> in every case.
> 
> > 
> > 
> > j.
> > 
> > PS: Please reply directly, as I'm not on the list.
> > 
> > 
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > James FitzGibbon                                           james@teamos2.org
> > 
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> 
> ==========================================================================
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>  
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> 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de