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Subject: RE: How can I remove this file ?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Piniella
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 10:02 AM
> 
> 
> I've never run across that.
> 
> % cd tmp
> % ls
> % touch -
> % ls
> -
> % rm -
> % ls
> %
> 
> although if it was giving you trouble, I suppose you could do a
> rm ./\-
> 
> -- 
> David Piniella
> University of Miami
> 

David, I think you missed the part where the hypen was the first character
of the filename, not the only character.

$ touch -file
touch: illegal option -- i
usage: touch [-acfm] [-r file] [-t [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]] file ...

$ touch -- -file

$ rm -file
rm: illegal option -- l
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
       unlink file

$ rm -- -file

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