* allen wayne best just ramblin in his amx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > 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???? > > i've tried > rm -f "--remove-files" > rm -f '--remove-files' > rm -f "\\-\\-remove\\-files" > rm -f "\-\-remove\-files" > rm -f '\\-\\-remove\\-files' > rm -f '\-\-remove\-files' > > all with the same lack of success!
read man rm, and you will end up using "rm -- --remove-files" :) Stig -- www.brautaset.org