Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 12:53:06 +0800 (WST) From: Terry Dwyer <tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> To: invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com> Cc: James FitzGibbon <james@teamos2.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: How to delete strange filename Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.90.960304125005.25804C-100000@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960303193042.8303A-100000@nervosa.com>
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On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, invalid opcode wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Mar 1996, James FitzGibbon wrote:
>
> > Okay, stupid question here:
> >
> > Somehow, I've got a file called "-i" in my home directory. How do I
> > remove it? Everything I've tried attempts to parse the "-i" as a
> > parameter, even with quotes (all varieties).
> > James FitzGibbon james@teamos2.org
>
> Look's like someone tried to exploit your system via suid shell scripts.
> rm -rf "-i"
Nope that won't work, use rm -- -i
The name of the file is being seen as an option all other options after the
'--' are ignored as with most other utilities
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