Re: removing a file thsat starts with -

[Bob Proulx]

> On May  1,  9:47pm, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > You can always use the '--' option to specify that there are no more
> > options to be processed.  Then commands won't think that the filename
> > is an option because it will know that it is through with options.
> > 
> >   rm -- -foo
> 
> ah -- thanks. I'm still getting used to gnu conventions.

That is POSIX conventions.  Standards are better than better.  :-)

Bob