Try this: rm -- --remove-files The '--' means 'none of the following arguments are command line switches, even if they really look like one.'
best, Aaron On Monday 20 August 2001 14:26, allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx wrote: > hello: > > i have managed to insert a bullet in my poda courtesy of tar and my > ineptness! that is, i did: > > tar -cvIf --remove-files /tmp/foo.tz /opt/tmp > > silly me filled up my current directory with a file called > "--remove-files". my question is: how the heck to i get rid of this > beast????