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From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>
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Subject: Re: Pesky file
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* Daniel Bye <Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net> [001201 05:21]:
> Hi all,
> 
> Here's a question for a Friday morning...  Somehow, I have ended up with a 
> file named -help in my home directory.  How can I get rid of it?  It is 0
> bytes, 
> and if I try to rm, mv, unlink it etc, the shell interprets the file name as
> an 
> argument to the program and spews forth errors.  Backslash escaping it 
> doesn't work, and neither does quoting it.
rm -- -help

or rm -i ?help


> 
> Is there any way to remove it by using the inode number??  It's not a huge
> problem, but it is annoying that I can't figure out how to do it!
> 
> TIA for any insights/solutions.
> 
> Dan Bye
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