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From: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: I have a file named "-"
Message-ID: <1991Feb26.170212.22920@convex.com>
Date: 26 Feb 91 17:02:12 GMT
References: <22834@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Sender: tchrist@convex.com (Tom Christiansen)
Reply-To: tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen)
Organization: CONVEX Software Development, Richardson, TX
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From the keyboard of gt2807a@prism.gatech.EDU (Benjamin H. Cowan):
:  I have a file whose name consists of the single character "-".  I can't
:rm it or mv it or cat it or more it or anything to it.  How can I get rid of
:it?

Call the manufacturer.

Ask a coworker.

Burn your computer.

Throw out the disk.

Read The Fucking Manual.

Read the Damn Frequently Asked Questions List.


But don't post no-brainers to comp.unix.wizards -- that's 
not what this group is about.  


--tom
-- 
"UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because
 that would also stop you from doing clever things." -- Doug Gwyn

 Tom Christiansen                tchrist@convex.com      convex!tchrist


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