Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:37:54 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov <yuri.pankov@gmail.com> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: can't work with a file starting with dash space '- ' ? Message-ID: <20090116103754.GA2317@darklight.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20090116103313.GA40221@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20090116103313.GA40221@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:33:13AM +0000, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > By mistake I saved an email attachmed as it was called, probably > from MS world: > - Reviewer Comments - FFEMS - Closure paper.pdf > > Now I cannot delete, or rename it. > > % cp -\ Reviewer\ Comments\ -\ FFEMS\ -\ Closure\ paper.pdf z > cp: illegal option -- > usage: cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-lpv] source_file target_file > cp [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-f | -i | -n] [-lpv] source_file ... target_directory > % rm -\ Reviewer\ Comments\ -\ FFEMS\ -\ Closure\ paper.pdf > rm: illegal option -- > usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dIPRrvW] file ... > unlink file > % > > I can view it with xpdf, but that's about all. > I tried wildcards and quotes, sh, csh, bash, tcsh and superuser but no luck. > > How can I delete or rename this file? > > many thanks > anton > > -- > Anton Shterenlikht > Room 2.6, Queen's Building > Mech Eng Dept > Bristol University > University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK > Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 > Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 Try cp/rm -- <filename-with-dashes> -- here denotes the end of command options. HTH, Yuri
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