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From: juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: How do you rm a strange file?
Date: 21 Nov 1993 14:18:22 GMT
Organization: Physikalisches Institut der Universitaet Bonn
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References: <2ch6t2$ih5@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> <CGrCK8.JBC@mcs.anl.gov> <1993Nov20.195548.20444@newstand.syr.edu>
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In article <1993Nov20.195548.20444@newstand.syr.edu>, smcarey@rodan.syr.edu (Shawn M Carey) writes:
>In article <CGrCK8.JBC@mcs.anl.gov> winans@xray.aps.anl.gov (John R. Winans) writes:
>>In article <2ch6t2$ih5@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> tdwyer@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au (Terry Dwyer 619 491 5161) writes:
>>>...
>>>Any clues how to rm it?
>>
>>How about "rm -i *" and say 'n' to everything except the one you want
>>to get rid of? Either that or use wildcards. If you are root in a nasty
>>spot, like /etc or /bin, I HIGHLY recommend the use of the -i flag!
>>
>
> There is a "--" flag that appears to be undocumented in the
~~~~~~~~~~~~
GREAT !
>man page which tells rm to allow '-' as the first character of a
>filename argument.
>
>% rm -- -lg
>
> I believe I discovered this option in the man page for sunos 4.1.
>Fortunately we have the functionality if not the documentation.
>
>-Shawn Carey
>
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