Problem removing a file

[John B. Milton]

In article <695 at flatline.UUCP> erict at flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes:
[ made a filed name -ef, can't remove it]

rm, like most utilities uses getopt(3) to get the switches from the command
line. A quick look at the man page will give youyour answer. If you put an
option "--" on the command line, getopt will stop looking at switches.
What you want is:
rm -- -ef

Ouch, too simple. The -- feature is very valuable with grep:

grep -- -rf script

John

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