Re: Remove funny files
Hello,
Allan M. Wind:
> On 1999-07-04 20:22, Rolf Edlund wrote:
>
> > rm -i Backupfiles/--exclude=files.txt
>
> There are 2 tricks:
>
> 1. rm -i * (say no to everything that you want to keep)
No, this doesn't work. The shell expands the `*', and rm is once again left
with a filename beginning with two dashes. I know, I have a lot of
ex-umsdos directories mounted over samba.
> 2. rm -- FILE
That usually works, but not for all commands.
(One that comes to mind is "cd". You have to say "cd ./DIRECTORY".)
Jiri
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