Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 13:50:34 +0200 From: Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> To: Supote Leelasupphakorn <pjn0211@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can I remove this file ? Message-ID: <20040409115034.GA57507@falcon.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20040409114035.40752.qmail@web40604.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040409114035.40752.qmail@web40604.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Fri, Apr 09, 2004 at 12:40:35PM +0100, Supote Leelasupphakorn wrote:
> Hi lists
>
> How can I delete file named prefix with "-" ?
If you had bothered to read the manpage for rm(1) you would already
know that since the following paragraph appears there:
The rm command uses getopt(3) to parse its arguments, which allows it to
accept the --' option which will cause it to stop processing flag
options at that point. This will allow the removal of file names that
begin with a dash (-'). For example:
rm -- -filename
The same behavior can be obtained by using an absolute or relative path
reference. For example:
rm /home/user/-filename
rm ./-filename
--
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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013@student.uu.se
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