Re: [CentOS] Removing a file that starts with dashes

On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 02:05:08PM -0700, benfell@parts-unknown.org wrote:

On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 09:51:41AM -0500, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:

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rm: unrecognized option `--backup=numbered' Try `rm ./'--backup=numbered'' to remove the file `--backup=numbered'.

This is what's worked for me. I know the double dash is supposed to stop interpretation of arguments, but it hasn't worked for me.

I do not post solutions unless they work:

tty3 jrd@frodo:/tmp/jrd$ ls -l total 0 -rw-rw-r--. 1 jrd jrd 0 Apr 2 16:14 --silly-file-name tty3 jrd@frodo:/tmp/jrd$ rm -- --silly-file-name rm: remove regular empty file `--silly-file-name'? y tty3 jrd@frodo:/tmp/jrd$ ls tty3 jrd@frodo:/tmp/jrd$

What shell are you using? Perhaps that is interfering.

John