Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 23:15:42 -0600 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net (David Kelly) To: James FitzGibbon <james@teamos2.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to delete strange filename Message-ID: <v02140b01ad602c283c06@[206.104.20.188]>
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>Okay, stupid question here:
>
>Somehow, I've got a file called "-i" in my home directory. How do I
>remove it? Everything I've tried attempts to parse the "-i" as a
>parameter, even with quotes (all varieties).
>
>Is there something I can use to change the switch character, like some of
>the DOS C library calls can ?
rm ./-i
The leading "./" will cause the switch character detect to fail, yet it
says, "This directory, the file -i" which is what you want.
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David Kelly N4HHE, n4hhe@amsat.org, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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