Re: How do I delete files that start with --?

[Gerry Jensen <gerry@blue.intele.net>]

On Tue, 9 Apr 1996, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote:

> 
> Hi everyone.
> 
> Could someone please tell me how to delete a file called
> '--.changes'?  I ran dchanges without proper arguments,
> and it left me a present.  I can't cat, mv, or rm the file
> because these binaries try to interpret the filename as an
> option.

rm -i *changes

Then type y when prompted with the file named '--.changes'.  Answer n if 
other files that match *changes are presented for deletion unless you 
want to delete them too.

Gerry