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From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To: "Korchagin, Dmitry" <sting@hippo.ru>
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Subject: Re: Deadless file
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Korchagin, Dmitry wrote:

> I have created file with name "-z" in mistake and can't remove it.
> 
> $ ls
> -z
> $ rm -z
> rm: illegal option -- z
> 
> How can I remove such files?

This is answered in the Unix FAQ, posted regularly to comp.answers. I
suggest you read it, it contains useful information. Anyway, just do `rm
./-z' or `rm -- -z' so that rm doesn't treat `-z' as a flag.  This works
for many other things. The first form is probably more portable since it
doesn't rely on the program knowing about the `--' separator.

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