[ILUG] Special char filenames

[Dave Burke]

[dburke at hoth dburke]$ touch -
[dburke at hoth dburke]$ rm ~/-
rm: remove `/home/founders/dburke/-'? y
[dburke at hoth dburke]$ 


Just give it a full path it seems.




On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin) allegedly said:

> Quickie (I hope)
> 
> how do I rm a file with a filename of - (single minus)
> 
> rm -
> rm '-'
> and rm "-"
> all fail with a "usage: rm -[rif]" style message
> 
> Anyone ?
> 
> TIA
> Pron (who is nearly sorry to see that interesting thread go !)
> 
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