Date: 17 Dec 2001 12:49:38 -0800 From: swear@blarg.net (Gary W. Swearingen) To: rene@xs4all.nl Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: rm a file named "-l"? ;-) Message-ID: <rl7krl3731.krl@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20011217111215.I21241@xs4all.nl> References: <20011217111215.I21241@xs4all.nl>
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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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