Re: Deleting weird-named files

[Ed Curtis <ed@homes2see.com>]

 Sorry, someone else already fixed my problem pro bono.

On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Michael D. Crawford wrote:

> You can use "./" to indicate a file in the current directory in a way
> that hides the "--".  So try this:
>
> rm ./--exclude=*.jpg
>
> However, there is also the "*", which might cause complaints from the
> shell.  If that happens, try this:
>
> rm ./--exclude=\*.jpg
>
> I'll send you my bill in the mail ;-)
>
> Mike Crawford
> crawford@goingware.com
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