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From: john@polyof.UUCP ( John Buck )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: Problem removing a file
Summary: rm x -ef
Message-ID: <433@polyof.UUCP>
Date: 30 Jan 89 15:12:56 GMT
References: <695@flatline.UUCP> <589@icus.islp.ny.us>
Distribution: usa
Organization: Polytechnic University, Farmingdale NY
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In article <589@icus.islp.ny.us>, lenny@icus.islp.ny.us (Lenny Tropiano) writes:
> In article <695@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes:
> |>a file by the name of:
> |>-ef
> |>None of the following rm options work: *f, *ef, -*f, -i *
> |>Any hints/suggestions?
> $ mv -ef junk
> $ rm junk

Fastest way:
$ rm x -ef
rm: x nonexistant   (or some such)
$ ... but -ef is removed...

john@polyof.poly.edu