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From: rwa@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca (Ross Alexander)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: HELP!! how do you delete...
Message-ID: <rwa.792459321@aupair.cs.athabascau.ca>
Date: 10 Feb 95 23:35:21 GMT
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cs230457@vtaix.cc.vt.edu (Scott Gasch) writes:

>Steve Gibson (ares@freeside.fc.net) wrote:

>: reading this next question.  How does one delete a file that starts with 
>: a "-"? 

>Try either:
>	rm ./-whatever

The canonical correct answer.

>	rm ?whatever

Won't work.  Think about it.

regards,
Ross

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