[ILUG] Deleting a file with a "--" prefix

[Charles Sharp]

If you'd like to know exactly what you're getting,
pipe it through "od -cx" before the more.

You'll need to be patient, as on first glance the
output looks confused, but look at it a while and
you'll figure it out.

This might be helpful in determining who/what is
causing this.

cas

Roy White wrote:
> 
> Seeing as how we are on this subject here's one for ya,
> 
> how do I delete the following files...
> =========================================================
> #ls -las | more
> total 869
>    0 -rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Apr 12 08:19  unexpected
> 
>               ^
> 
> % Invalid input detected at
>    0 -rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Apr 12 08:14  unexpected
> 
>              ^
> 
> % Invalid input detected at
>    0 -rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Apr 12 08:15  unexpected
> 
>             ^
> 
> % Invalid input detected at
>    0 -rw-r--r--   1 root     other          0 Apr 12 08:16  unexpected
> 
>  ^
> 
> % Invalid input detected at
> ==========================================================
> 
> ? any help much appreciated, and how would you go about creating them
> 
> Regards
> 
>         Roy
> 
> p.s. this is on Solaris 5.6
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Colm Buckley [mailto:colm at tuatha.org]
> Sent: 23 May 2001 09:35
> To: Breathnach, Proinnsias (Dublin); Irish Linux Users' Group
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] Deleting a file with a "--" prefix
> 
> On Wednesday 23 May 2001 09:30, you wrote:
> > Quote it ?
> 
> Proinnsias, I'm ashamed of you.
> 
> Quote parsing is performed by the *shell*, and option parsing is
> performed by the *command*.  Quoting the name won't make any
> difference to what 'rm' sees.
> 
> > rm "--preserve-permissions"
> > should do it
> 
> It would be a good idea if people actually *tried* their solutions
> before passing them on as advice...
> 
>            Colm
> 
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> You sound reasonable... Time to up my medication.
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