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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!caen!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newshost.marcam.com!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!olivea!nntp-hub.barrnet.net!decwrl!tribune.usask.ca!quartz.ucs.ualberta.ca!alberta!atha!aupair.cs.athabascau.ca!rwa 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 References: <3hfagp$fiv@villa.fc.net> <3hgids$83v@solaris.cc.vt.edu> Sender: news@cs.athabascau.ca Lines: 24 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 -- Ross Alexander VE6PDQ rwa@cs.athabascau.ca, (403) 675 6311 rwa@auwow.cs.athabascau.ca Television is chewing gum for the eyes. -- Frank Lloyd Wright