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From: Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:44:12 -0400
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Subject: Re: Can't remove or move file
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On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Rem P Roberti <remegius@comcast.net> wrot=
e:
> =C2=A0This is a new one for me. =C2=A0I converted a YouTube selection usi=
ng youtube_dl
> and the file that was created was named -elDeJaPWGg.flv. =C2=A0When 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 ...
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 unlink file
>
> No switch with either the rm or mv command works. =C2=A0What is actually =
going on
> here?
>
You may find this article interesting:
How to properly deal with filenames in shell scripts:
http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/filenames-in-shell.html
Some more detail (and a possible "fix"):
http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/fixing-unix-linux-filenames.htm


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Eitan Adler