Re: How do you remove files with bad/wierd names

[Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong <masee@usa.net>]

>>>>> "Pollywog" == Pollywog  <pollywog@shadypond.com> writes:

    > On 23-Mar-2000 Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
    >> I was wondering how to remove a file by the name of --help.tgz?
    >> (Don't ask...Okay if you really must know, I typed in tgz
    >> --help and I get that file.  There's no man page for tgz, and I
    >> think tgz shouldn't accept things starting with -- as file
    >> names...)  rm always takes it as an option, even if quotes,
    >> double-quoted, backslashed, regular-expressioned.  Any
    >> suggestions?
    >> 
    >> Marshal

    > try 'rm -- --help.tgz'

Woohoo!  Thanks.  I should have though of that, since I just read
about -- in the bash man pages.

Thanks again.

    > (no quotes)

    > -- Andrew