Eric B. wrote: > Hi, > > I've got an odd situation here. Somehow, I find myself with two files that > start with the - character. > [eric at 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 > > > rm -- --newer=2007-11-08 rm -- -N=2007-11-08 That is rm space dash dash space then the filename. Garl