From: Colm Buckley (colm at domain tuatha.org)
Date: Wed 23 May 2001 - 09:29:15 IST
On Wednesday 23 May 2001 09:28, you wrote:
> Quick question for you all: how can I delete from the console a file called
> "--preserve-permissions" that some twit created. Neither "rm" nor "mv"
> will work as standard as they both assume that I am trying to pass some
> option.
Short solution: rm ./--preserve-permissions
Longer, more generalised solution : rm -- --preserve-permissions
Most programs using the standard type of option parsing will accept
"--" to mean "options end here; anything later is a real argument".
Colm
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