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Subject: Re: Removing "-" prefixed files
Message-ID: <10094@cgl.ucsf.edu.ucsfcgl.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 14:23:25 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  4 14:23:25 1987
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In article <2375@watdragon.UUCP> kcwellsch@watdragon.UUCP (Ken Wellsch) writes:
>>I don't think MINIX is to blame here for rm.  This is because if you say
>>something like "rm -foobar" it looks like an option to rm.  I have seen this
>>behavior in most UNIX systems.  You can do something like "rm -i *foobar" to
>>get rid of files like this.
>
>The best solution I've seen for removing files that begin with "-" is
>just:
>
>	% rm  ./-  ./-foobar  ...
>

4.x bsd rm will take a single '-' to indicate the end of the options,
so "rm - -foobar" will remove "-foobar".  Also "rm foo -foobar" will warn
about not being able to remove "foo", then proceed to remove "-foobar".
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	Don Kneller
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