Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2007 15:55:30 +0330 From: "Bahman M." <b.movaqar@gmail.com> To: "Matthew Seaman" <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: Grant Peel <gpeel@thenetnow.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pesky File Message-ID: <6d62f69a0708260525u25de6d7dvedaf1648b9f89658@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46D17013.5080005@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <001601c7e7d9$9e485b10$6501a8c0@GRANT> <6d62f69a0708260514v2a5ccbf8n6b6fb4fd61436175@mail.gmail.com> <46D17013.5080005@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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You're right. 'rm ./P' is much better or using '--' as the end of arguments. I didn't know that. Bahman On 8/26/07, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Bahman M. wrote: > > What immediately came to my mind: > > % rm `find . -type f -name '-P'` > > This is just an excessively prolix way of running a command that > outputs ./-P and then feeding the result into rm(1). You can just type: > > rm ./-P > > for heaven's sake... > > Cheers, > > Matthew > > - -- > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard > Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFG0XAT8Mjk52CukIwRCCgmAJ4yonsuo6FvAYT+1ZWLMDiuAH9dugCffMIe > xPLN/jHG0Qha2ZbsMrmqfNw= > =Pmxs > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >
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