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

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'

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