Re: removing wierd files
On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 02:42:21PM -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> CW Harris wrote:
> >On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 01:33:30PM -0400, Adam Garside wrote:
> >
> >>On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 12:51:32PM -0400, Matt Price wrote:
> >>[Snip]
> >>
> >>>rm \-*
> >>>or
> >>>rm '-0.pnf'
> >>>
> >>>is there a way to reference files whose names begin with -?
> >>
> >>try 'rm -- -0.pnf'
> >
> >
> >Or "rm ./-0.pnf" works too.
> >
> >
> doh! and it's even in the manual!
>
> thank you for the info. anyone know what the '--' option sigifies? I
> notice it's not really documented in the man page.
> m
"info rm" or "man getopt". GNU tools using the getopt function make use
of "--" to delimit options from parameters. (Note that in this case info
does not give the same page as man---at least on my system).
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Chris Harris <charris@rtcmarketing.com>
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