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RE: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by James Gray

If the Unix shell doesn't like it then try something else... You could try something like: bash-2.05b$ python >>>import os >>>os.unlink('--exclude') >>><Control-Z (just to exit python)> Assuming you have python installed. I think this should be installed by default on most Linux systems. -----Original Message----- From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org on behalf of dulsi(a)identicalsoftware.com Sent: Fri 10/14/2005 11:51 AM To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Subject: Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude" No. Unix shells expands everything on the command line before running the program. So "rm *exclude" and "rm ??exclude" expand to "rm --exclude". The program cannot tell that the "--exclude" was expanded from wildcard values. Quoting Jim Dibb <jimdibb(a)gmail.com>: > Doesn't rm ??exclude, or rm *exclude work, if you only have the one file > with exclude in it? _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Theo Van Dinter

On Fri, Oct 14, 2005 at 10:58:30AM -0400, Jim Dibb wrote: > Doesn't rm ??exclude, or rm *exclude work, if you only have the one file > with exclude in it? No, because the shell will expand it to --exclude before passing it to the application which will then see it as an option. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: Memory error on Brain1 - R)boot, S)mack upside the head.

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by dulsi＠identicalsoftware.com

No. Unix shells expands everything on the command line before running the program. So "rm *exclude" and "rm ??exclude" expand to "rm --exclude". The program cannot tell that the "--exclude" was expanded from wildcard values. Quoting Jim Dibb <jimdibb(a)gmail.com>: > Doesn't rm ??exclude, or rm *exclude work, if you only have the one file > with exclude in it?

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Mike Frysinger

On Friday 14 October 2005 10:58 am, Jim Dibb wrote: > Doesn't rm ??exclude, or rm *exclude work, if you only have the one file > with exclude in it? see original post/fallowup where someone explained why this wont work -mike

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Jim Dibb

Doesn't rm ??exclude, or rm *exclude work, if you only have the one file with exclude in it? On 10/14/05, Mike Frysinger <vapier(a)gentoo.org> wrote: > > On Friday 14 October 2005 07:12 am, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:25:24PM +0200, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > > > hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i > > > have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any > > > ideas? > > > > Heh. I used to ask this on interviews. ;) > > > > "rm -- --exclude" > > although most tools nowadays support --, you could also do: > rm ./--exclude > -mike > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Mike Frysinger

On Friday 14 October 2005 07:12 am, Theo Van Dinter wrote: > On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:25:24PM +0200, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > > hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i > > have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any > > ideas? > > Heh. I used to ask this on interviews. ;) > > "rm -- --exclude" although most tools nowadays support --, you could also do: rm ./--exclude -mike

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I cheat and let Konqueror delete it for me. Right click...MoveToTrash. :-) - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDT6LSHl0iXDssISsRAr6CAJ9tN15Myew9r21QqCTpydGjVIBUAgCfRsgF fiwwT+X8P6YEO6xlIMLmGNY= =+/h3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Karl Hiramoto

Thanks, Actually i figured it out after doing some RTFM rm --help even showed how to do it. Theo Van Dinter wrote: >On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:25:24PM +0200, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > > >>hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i >>have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any ideas? >> >> > >Heh. I used to ask this on interviews. ;) > >"rm -- --exclude" > > > >># rm -i * >>rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' >> >> > >the shell expanded * to include --exclude which reads as an option. > > > >># rm -f "--exclude" >>rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' >> >> > >ditto. > > > >># rm -f \-\-exclude >>rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' >> >> > >ditto. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > -- -- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> US VOIP: (+1) 603.966.4448 Spain Casa (+34) 951.273.347 Spain Mobil (+34) 617.463.826 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto jabber.org=karl_hiramoto

Oct. 14, 2005

Re: [Wlug] deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Theo Van Dinter

On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 08:25:24PM +0200, Karl Hiramoto wrote: > hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i > have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any ideas? Heh. I used to ask this on interviews. ;) "rm -- --exclude" > # rm -i * > rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' the shell expanded * to include --exclude which reads as an option. > # rm -f "--exclude" > rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' ditto. > # rm -f \-\-exclude > rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' ditto. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." - Douglas Adams

Oct. 14, 2005

deleting a file named "--exclude"

by Karl Hiramoto

hey guys, this would seem rather basic. How to delete a file, but i have a problem. I want to delete a file called "--exclude". Any ideas? # ls -la total 1648 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 642617 Sep 27 13:54 --exclude drwxr-xr-x 15 karl users 4096 Oct 13 20:16 . drwxr-xr-x 4 karl users 4096 Oct 11 18:17 .. drwxr-xr-x 7 karl users 4096 Sep 27 13:59 .svn # rm -i * rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' Try `rm --help' for more information. # rm -f "--exclude" rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' Try `rm --help' for more information. # rm -f \-\-exclude rm: unrecognized option `--exclude' Try `rm --help' for more information. -- -- Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org>

Oct. 13, 2005

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