Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:04:21 -0400 From: Sean <sean@ttys0.net> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't remove or move file Message-ID: <AANLkTimx5R_BKYZ7Zrx1vLg8LqjiUdR0=%2BmO08zLD-Hs@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4C6EA6B6.6090307@comcast.net> References: <4C6EA6B6.6090307@comcast.net>
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> No switch with either the rm or mv command works. =A0What is actually goi=
ng 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 will allow the removal of file names that
begin with a dash (`-'). For example:
rm -- -filename
-Sean
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