Re: [PLUG] delete unusual file name

[Jeff McAdams <jeffm@iglou.com>]

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
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