Problem removing a file

[Jon H. LaBadie]

In article <350 at arnold.UUCP>, dave at arnold.UUCP (Dave Arnold) writes:
> erict at flatline.UUCP (The Evil Mel Fujitsu) writes:
> > 
> > I've created, in my home directory, a file by the name of:
> > -ef
> mv \-ef Xef
> rm Xef

A simple way to "trick" rm into removing "dash" files
is to not place the dash file name first.  Give a
false, dummy name, then the dash file name.

	rm xyzzy -ef

Rm will complain about xyzzy not being there, but will
accecpt -ef as a file name, not an option (options
comming before file names).
-- 
Jon LaBadie
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