"Radek W." <rad01@2wbros.org> writes:
> and why not try
>
> rm -i *
>
> then answer 'n' to all files and 'y' to your problematic file.
Try the following commands
mkdir rm-test
cd rm-test
touch ./--foobar
rm -i *
and you'll see why.
(Besides, imagine having to answer 'n' to all but one file in a
directory with ten thousand files...)
Martin