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Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 12:25:53 +0200 (EET)
From: Seppo Kallio <kallio@cc.jyu.fi>
To: Terry Dwyer <tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au>
cc: invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com>,
        James FitzGibbon <james@teamos2.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: How to delete strange filename
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On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Terry Dwyer wrote:

> 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"

Use  rm ./-i

Seppo