Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread Rem P Roberti
This is a new one for me. I converted a YouTube selection using youtube_dl and the file that was created was named -elDeJaPWGg.flv. When I try to rename it, or delete it, I get an error message thus: root@ ~: rm -elDeJaPWGg.flv rm: illegal option -- e usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dIPRrvW] file ...

Re: Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread Mark Tinguely
Rem P Roberti wrote: This is a new one for me. I converted a YouTube selection using youtube_dl and the file that was created was named -elDeJaPWGg.flv. When I try to rename it, or delete it, I get an error message thus: root@ ~: rm -elDeJaPWGg.flv rm: illegal option -- e usage: rm [-f | -i

Re: Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread Rem P Roberti
On 08/20/10 09:06, Mark Tinguely wrote: Rem P Roberti wrote: This is a new one for me. I converted a YouTube selection using youtube_dl and the file that was created was named -elDeJaPWGg.flv. When I try to rename it, or delete it, I get an error message thus: root@ ~: rm -elDeJaPWGg.flv

Re: Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread Sean
> No switch with either the rm or mv command works.  What is actually going on > here? >From the man page: NOTES The rm command uses getopt(3) to parse its arguments, which allows it to accept the `--' option which will cause it to stop processing flag options at that point. This

Re: Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread Rem P Roberti
No switch with either the rm or mv command works. What is actually going on here? > From the man page: NOTES The rm command uses getopt(3) to parse its arguments, which allows it to accept the `--' option which will cause it to stop processing flag options at that point. Th

Re: Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread Rolf Nielsen
2010-08-20 18:00, Rem P Roberti skrev: This is a new one for me. I converted a YouTube selection using youtube_dl and the file that was created was named -elDeJaPWGg.flv. When I try to rename it, or delete it, I get an error message thus: root@ ~: rm -elDeJaPWGg.flv rm: illegal option -- e usag

Re: Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread Eitan Adler
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Rem P Roberti wrote: >  This is a new one for me.  I converted a YouTube selection using youtube_dl > and the file that was created was named -elDeJaPWGg.flv.  When I try to > rename it, or delete it, I get an error message thus: > > root@ ~: rm -elDeJaPWGg.flv >

Re: Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread Chad Perrin
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 09:29:23AM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > On 08/20/10 09:06, Mark Tinguely wrote: > > > >For many commands, the "--" stops the argument processing: > > > > rm -- -elDeJaPWGg.flv > > Thank you. Still deep into the FreeBSD learning curve, but loving it. > I should have r

Re: Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread David Kelly
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 09:00:54AM -0700, Rem P Roberti wrote: > This is a new one for me. I converted a YouTube selection using > youtube_dl and the file that was created was named -elDeJaPWGg.flv. > When I try to rename it, or delete it, I get an error message thus: > > root@ ~: rm -elDeJaP

Re: Can't remove or move file

2010-08-20 Thread Parv
in message <20100820164939.gb50...@guilt.hydra>, wrote Chad Perrin thusly... > ... > > On 08/20/10 09:06, Mark Tinguely wrote: > > > > > >For many commands, the "--" stops the argument processing: > > > > > > rm -- -elDeJaPWGg.flv ... > There are a couple more ways to get around this. One requi