Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:07:45 +0200 From: Rolf Nielsen <listreader@lazlarlyricon.com> To: Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't remove or move file Message-ID: <4C6EA851.6050004@lazlarlyricon.com> In-Reply-To: <4C6EA6B6.6090307@comcast.net> References: <4C6EA6B6.6090307@comcast.net>
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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 > usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dIPRrvW] file ... > unlink file > > No switch with either the rm or mv command works. What is actually going > on here? > > Rem > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > The problem is that the filename contains a dash, which rm interprets as an indication that the next character is a switch. Use unlink instead, i.e. unlink -elDeJaPWGg.flv.
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