or just do what i do, rm ./--file_name -mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Vadeboncoeur" <mrv@kluge.net> To: <wlug@mail.wlug.org> Sent: Saturday, May 25, 2002 11:55 Subject: Re: [Wlug] strange filenames
On Sat, 25 May 2002, Joe Riopel wrote:
JR> If you want you can also open up midnight commander, just delete it JR> that way. I had the same problem with a file named '-s'
for files that start with a "-" character, to remove them you include a "--" before the file name.
for your example: rm -- -s
I had to move and delete a bunch of files that were named with a "-" at the beginning... Lots of graphics for a report for one of my math classes...
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