RE: [MLUG] deleting a file named '-'

["McNutt, Justin M." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Exactly.  I had this problem yesterday (stupid file named '-').  So in any
shell, this ought to work:

rm -- -

--J

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Miller [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 11:19 AM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: Re: [MLUG] deleting a file named '-'
> 
> 
> On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Rob Judd wrote:
> 
> > It is rm seeing the dash as an option that causes problems.  To get
> > around this you can call it with:
> > 
> > rm [options] -- [filenames]
> > 
> > The '--' causes rm to stop processing options and treat 
> everything else
> > as a filename.
> 
> Thanks!  That was a very clear explanation and it gives the best
> solution.  I Read The F Man page, but look where they hide 
> that info in
> Solaris:
> 
> NOTES
>      A -- permits the user to mark explicitly the end of any com-
>      mand  line  options, allowing rm to recognize file arguments
>      that begin with a -.  As an aid to BSD  migration,  rm  will
>      accept - as a synonym for --.  This migration aid may disap-
>      pear in a future release.  If a -- and a -  both  appear  on
>      the  same  command line, the second will be interpreted as a
>      file.
> 
> Can you believe it?  It's tacked on to the very end of the 
> man page.  I
> think they should put "--" on top with the other options (-f, 
> -i, etc.).
> 
> So thanks!
> 
> Mike
> 
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