does your rm prompt you for confirmation? You could try rm *b and see if it shows up in the list.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard White" <hwh...@vcch.com> To: nlug-talk@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 1:32:13 PM Subject: [nlug] Don't know how this happened Okay guys, here's a hot one. By whatever circumstance, I now have a file named "-b" in a directory. I've tried to backslash to move it: mv \-b whatisthis I've tried double quotes mv "-b" whatisthis I've tried single quotes mv '-b' whatisthis I've tried combinations of \ and quotes. NOW WHAT??? Howard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
