[CentOS] how to delete file "--filename"??
Paul Bijnens
Paul.Bijnens at xplanation.com
Tue Dec 15 14:11:33 UTC 2009
On 2009-12-15 14:47, mcclnx mcc wrote:
> i have file on CENTOS 4.6 and I tried to delete it failed. I have been tried following way but NOT work:
>
> rm -i *
> rm --filename
> rm \--filename
> rm "\--filename"
> rm '\--filename'
>
> any ideal?
rm -- --filename
rm ./--filename
(the last one works also for the few commands that do not have "--"
to signal end of options)
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