On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:33:13AM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > By mistake I saved an email attachmed as it was called, probably > from MS world: > - Reviewer Comments - FFEMS - Closure paper.pdf > > Now I cannot delete, or rename it. > > % cp -\ Reviewer\ Comments\ -\ FFEMS\ -\ Closure\ paper.pdf z > cp: illegal option -- > usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-lpv] source_file target_file > cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-lpv] source_file ... > target_directory > % rm -\ Reviewer\ Comments\ -\ FFEMS\ -\ Closure\ paper.pdf > rm: illegal option -- > usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dIPRrvW] file ... > unlink file > % > > I can view it with xpdf, but that's about all. > I tried wildcards and quotes, sh, csh, bash, tcsh and superuser but no luck. > > How can I delete or rename this file? > > many thanks > anton > > -- > Anton Shterenlikht > Room 2.6, Queen's Building > Mech Eng Dept > Bristol University > University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK > Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 > Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
Try cp/rm -- <filename-with-dashes> -- here denotes the end of command options. HTH, Yuri _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"