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



On a similar note, avoid naming files -v or -r.... those are real
pains.  A friend of mine had to write system code to delete them... If
he still has it sitting around, I'll pass it on.

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
> 
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