[CentOS] Removing a file that starts with dashes

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
> How can I remove this file?
>
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root    root       28707 Mar 31 12:31 --backup=numbered
>
> I've tried a few different methods, but most attempts interprets the
> file name as a switch (which it doesn't understand).

Method 1: try rm \-\-backup\=numbered
Method 2, that will *ALWAYS* work:
ls -i
then, using the inode number
find . -inum <inode> -exec rm {} \;

The latter method is the one guaranteed to take care of all kinds of
filenames with weird, or unprintable, stuff in the name.

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