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Cc: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org>, "Larry Rosenman" <ler@lerctr.org>,
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Subject: Re: Pesky file
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On Thursday 07 December 2000 02:03, Troy Settle wrote:
> $ touch -- -^H\*^H
> $ ls
> -?*?
> $ rm -- -^H\*^H
>
> My shell is bash, and I enter this in as:
>
> touch -- -^V<BS>\*^V<BS>
> rm -- -^V<BS>\*^V<BS>
>
> Trivial.  What's my prize?
>
Your prize is a dinner for two at a candlelight restaurant of your choice.
To claim your prize send an email to

BillyG@miscrosoft.com

With as subject

"I love to tango with my Windows Box"

:)
Enjoy !

> --
>   Troy Settle
>   Pulaski Networks
>   540.994.4254
>
> It's always a long day, 86400 doesn't fit into a short
>
>
>
> ** -----Original Message-----
> ** From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Cliff Sarginson
> ** Sent: Friday, December 01, 2000 7:17 PM
> ** To: Ryan Younce; Joe Oliveiro
> ** Cc: Mike Meyer; Larry Rosenman; Daniel.Bye@uk.uu.net;
> ** questions@freebsd.org
> ** Subject: Re: Pesky file
> **
> **
> ** Mmm..
> ** It's nearly Christmas so a small prize may be awarded
> ** if you can get rid of a file whose name is
> **
> ** -<bs>*<bs>
> **
> ** Where <bs> is the backspace character.
> **
> ** zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
> **
> **
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