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From: peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva)
Subject: Re: How do you rm a strange file?
Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services -- +1 713 684 5969
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1993 14:46:40 GMT
Message-ID: <CH5nps.KIL@sugar.NeoSoft.COM>
References: <2ch6t2$ih5@netbsd08.dn.itg.telecom.com.au> <CGrCK8.JBC@mcs.anl.gov> <1993Nov20.195548.20444@newstand.syr.edu>
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The only way guaranteed to work on all UNIX style systems:

	rm "./-lg | less"
-- 
Peter da Silva.  <peter@sugar.neosoft.com>.
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