Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 12:18:05 +0200 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: rene@xs4all.nl Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rm a file named "-l"? ;-) Message-ID: <20011217121805.A60870@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20011217111215.I21241@xs4all.nl> References: <20011217111215.I21241@xs4all.nl>
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 11:12:15AM +0100, rene@xs4all.nl wrote: > $ ls > -l data.rawish > -s exec > data procmail > $ rm -l > rm: illegal option -- l > usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ... > unlink file > $ rm '-l' > rm: illegal option -- l > usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ... > unlink file > $ rm "-l" > rm: illegal option -- l > usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ... > unlink file > $ rm \-l > rm: illegal option -- l > usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ... > unlink file > > Can anyone tell me how to escape the '-' correctly, please? > Please see the NOTE section of the rm(1) manpage. Cheers, -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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