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

[Darren Marsh <djmarsh@bigpond.net.au>]

allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote:

> 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!
>
> any assist in this would be most appreciated.
Here's another:

rm -i *files