| W. Chris Shank on 29 Jun 2007 14:45:10 -0000 |
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this worked great - thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: Jeff McAdams <jeffm@iglou.com> To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List <plug@lists.phillylinux.org> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 10:00:22 PM GMT-0500 Subject: Re: [PLUG] delete unusual file name W. Chris Shank wrote: > ok - this is really dumb. through some erroneous scripting i ended up creating a few files that begin with a - sign. ie: -thisfilewontdelete. any clues how to delete it? rm -- <filename> the "--" tells rm to treat further arguments as file names, even if they start with a "-" -- Jeff McAdams "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin -- W. Chris Shank ACE Technology Group, LLC www.myremoteITdept.com (610) 640-4223 -------------------------------- Security Note: To protect against computer viruses, e-mail programs may prevent sending or receiving certain types of file attachments. Check your e-mail security settings to determine how attachments are handled. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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