Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 18:46:46 -0600 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) To: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> Cc: james@teamos2.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to delete strange filename Message-ID: <v02140b01ad613939117c@[206.104.20.188]>
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At 2:05 AM 3/4/96, Christoph P. Kukulies wrote:
>rm has an escape for these strange filename cases. Use:
>
>rm -- -i
Not all rm's on all systems support that mechanism. While "rm ./-i" works
everywhere and I've often wondered why it isn't mentioned in the man page
(maybe it is, I'm writing without reading).
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David Kelly N4HHE, n4hhe@amsat.org, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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