Re: Deleting file beginning with '-' using rm

From: Creature (ajp7_at_kent.ac.uk)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:49:24 +0000 (UTC)

On 14 Sep 2004 00:57:41 -0700, TiN wrote:
> I accidentally created a file beginning with a '-' using gcc by
> typing:
> gcc -o -Wall prog1.c
>
> I tried deleting it using 'rm', but to no means was I successful.

You needed to do 'rm ./-Wall':

[alex@bubonis alex]$ echo "foo" > -foo
[alex@bubonis alex]$ ls | grep foo
-foo
[alex@bubonis alex]$ rm ./-foo
[alex@bubonis alex]$ ls | grep foo
[alex@bubonis alex]$

Voila! 

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