[ILUG] Special char filenames

[Dave Rynne]

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) 
) [dburke at hoth dburke]$ touch -
) [dburke at hoth dburke]$ rm ~/-
) rm: remove `/home/founders/dburke/-'? y
) [dburke at hoth dburke]$ 
) 

Or rm -- -


Dave

) 
) Just give it a full path it seems.
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) On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin) allegedly said:
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) > Quickie (I hope)
) > 
) > how do I rm a file with a filename of - (single minus)
) > 
) > rm -
) > rm '-'
) > and rm "-"
) > all fail with a "usage: rm -[rif]" style message
) > 
) > Anyone ?
) > 
) > TIA
) > Pron (who is nearly sorry to see that interesting thread go !)
) > 
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) > Proinnsias Breathnach		         breatpro at dublin.ml.com
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