Stupid question...

[Miquel van Smoorenburg]

In article <1991May28.153437 at axion.bt.co.uk%> dwestlan at axion.bt.co.uk (Dave Westland) writes:
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%>In article <29957 at hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt5223b at prism.gatech.EDU (Doug Berkland) writes:
%>|> Along the lines of hard to remove files... is there any way to remove
%>|> a file beginning with a - ?  Using \- doesn't get it... any ideas?
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%>	A file called "-name" can be removed by the command :
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%>rm - -name
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%>	The first "-" tells rm to take the argument (very) literally.
%>          |              DAVID WESTLAND                           |
%>          | Email     :  dwestlan at axion.bt.co.uk                  |

      AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

rm ./-name !!!!

Miquel.
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