Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 11:38:34 +0100 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: "Korchagin, Dmitry" <sting@hippo.ru> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Deadless file Message-ID: <19990820113834.B16062@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <000f01beeade$f28515c0$0201a8c0@sting.grata.hippo.ru> References: <000f01beeade$f28515c0$0201a8c0@sting.grata.hippo.ru>
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Korchagin, Dmitry wrote:
> I have created file with name "-z" in mistake and can't remove it.
>
> $ ls
> -z
> $ rm -z
> rm: illegal option -- z
>
> How can I remove such files?
This is answered in the Unix FAQ, posted regularly to comp.answers. I
suggest you read it, it contains useful information. Anyway, just do `rm
./-z' or `rm -- -z' so that rm doesn't treat `-z' as a flag. This works
for many other things. The first form is probably more portable since it
doesn't rely on the program knowing about the `--' separator.
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