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Subject: Re: rm a file named "-l"? ;-)
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From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen)
Date: 17 Dec 2001 12:49:38 -0800
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One "last resort" for problem filenames of any kind is to do

    \rm -i * .*

in it's directory, and then be sure to answer "n" for everything
but the one you want to delete.  (You usually don't need the ".*".)

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