On 23/01/2008, at 3:46 AM, Eric B. wrote:
Hi,
I've got an odd situation here. Somehow, I find myself with two files that start with the - character. [eric@apollo mysql]$ ls -l total 93348 -rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 9273344 Nov 13 19:03 -N=2007-11-08 -rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 38879232 Nov 13 19:02 --newer=2007-11-08
Don't ask how they were created; something went wrong with a script at some point.
My problem is that I am trying to delete them, but can't figure out how to delete these files. Everything I try, I get the same msg: [eric@apollo mysql]$ rm '-N=2007-11-08' rm: invalid option -- N Try `rm --help' for more information.
I have tried single quotes, double quotes, escaping it with a \ and still get the same error.
You can put -- after the rm command to tell it that everything after that is an arguement (I think).
ie: $ echo > --help $ ls -l -- *help* -rw-rw-r-- 1 netwiz netwiz 1 Jan 23 03:51 --help $ rm -f -- --help $ ls -l -- *help* ls: *help*: No such file or directory $
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