On Sun, 5 Mar 2000, Deepak Deshpande wrote:
> i wanna know how to delete a file by the name "-l" i have tried using
> single as well as double quotes to no avail i hope some1 can gimme a n
> answer to this
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Now, for your answer. The man pages say that if you want to delete a file
starting with a - then use -- before the filename.
rm -- -l
The -- tells rm that command line options are over, and everything
following is to be treated as a file name. You could also do
rm ./-l
If you're really weird, you may want to start up pico, then do a Ctrl+R,
then do a CTR+T, then get your cursor over the file you want to delete,
and press D. Confirm the deletion.
Philip
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