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How to delete a file named -x
Name: pkm_icf Date: June 18, 2002 at 03:20:20 Pacific
Name: frank Date: June 18, 2002 at 03:53:13 Pacific
Reply:
hi,
a lot of possibility depending on which os. you can do rm - -x rm -i * {and confirm only the -x file }
No RISK no fun
Regards Frank
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Response Number 2
Name: frank Date: June 18, 2002 at 03:54:36 Pacific
Reply:
Hi again,
only to make sure that you see the amount of spaces.
rm SPACE - SPACE -x
Regrads Frank
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Response Number 3
Name: LANkrypt0 Date: June 18, 2002 at 06:37:43 Pacific
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Taken directly from the man pages of rm > man rm
Users often wonder how to deal with filenames that begin with ``-'', since arguments that begin with ``-'' are usually treated as flags. The special argument ``--'' tells programs not to interpret following arguments as flags. (This is also the case for most system utilities.) Thus, to delete a file named ``-foo'', type: rm -- -foo
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