RE: How do you remove files with bad/wierd names
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'
(no quotes)
--
Andrew
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