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From: dlp@gistdev.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ugly file name
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Date: 16 May 89 21:09:00 GMT
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=> Written 12:54 pm  May 15, 1989 by hsi.UUCP!derek
=> :	% rm 'odds&ends'

=> This doesn't work for filenames that start with a minus. eg -badfile
=> Anyone know how to erase such files with whipping up a short C program?

Try "rm -- -i -r -f"

This will remove three files, named "-i" and "-r" and "-f".