Re: how do i extract a bullet from my foot (tar woes)

[Stig Brautaset <stigbrau@online.no>]

* allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx <debian@rl76065.cup.hp.com> spake thus:
> hello:
> 
> i have managed to insert a bullet in my poda courtesy of tar and my 
> ineptness!  that is, i did:
> 
> 	tar -cvIf --remove-files /tmp/foo.tz /opt/tmp
> 
> silly me filled up my current directory with a file called "--remove-files". 
> my question is: how the heck to i get rid of this beast????
> 
> i've tried
> 	rm -f "--remove-files"
> 	rm -f '--remove-files'
> 	rm -f "\\-\\-remove\\-files"
> 	rm -f "\-\-remove\-files"
> 	rm -f '\\-\\-remove\\-files'
> 	rm -f '\-\-remove\-files'
> 
> all with the same lack of success!

read man rm, and you will end up using "rm -- --remove-files" :)

Stig
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