Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:40:22 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: How can I remove this file ? Message-ID: <E1BBxBE-0004oN-EH@psknet.com> In-Reply-To: <4076ACF3.5030203@newssun.med.miami.edu>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Piniella
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 10:02 AM
>
>
> I've never run across that.
>
> % cd tmp
> % ls
> % touch -
> % ls
> -
> % rm -
> % ls
> %
>
> although if it was giving you trouble, I suppose you could do a
> rm ./\-
>
> --
> David Piniella
> University of Miami
>
David, I think you missed the part where the hypen was the first character
of the filename, not the only character.
$ touch -file
touch: illegal option -- i
usage: touch [-acfm] [-r file] [-t [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]] file ...
$ touch -- -file
$ rm -file
rm: illegal option -- l
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
unlink file
$ rm -- -file
--
Troy Settle
Pulaski Networks
http://www.psknet.com
866.477.5638
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