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On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 00:06, Michael Sharp wrote:
> I'm having a brain freeze tonight and apparently forgot some
> basic UNIX commands..
> 
> what is the command to remove the file "--directory"
> 
> rm *directory* = nope
> rm "*directory*" = nope
> rm \-\-\directory = nope
> rm -i * = nope and dosent even see the file

rm -- --directory