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RE: [PLUG] escaping on teh commandline..
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Title: RE: [PLUG] escaping on teh commandline..
try rm ./-filename
-----Original Message-----
From: Darxus [mailto:darxus@op.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 4:07 PM
To: plug@lists.nothinbut.net
Subject: Re: [PLUG] escaping on teh commandline..
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Bill Jonas wrote:
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Vale Kenny wrote:
> >
> > > again, this is probably old hat to most of you, but the key for me was
> the
> >
> > Good, now try creating a file beginning with "-" (in vi or something), and
> > try deleting it from the commandline :)
> > (frequent problem when mass downloading porn)
>
> Wouldn't you just
>
> $ rm "-filename"
Hahaha.
Hah.
Funny.
Try it.
(created file called "-filename" (no quotes) w/ vi)
# rm "-filename"
usage: rm [-rif] file ...
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