Xref: utzoo comp.unix.xenix:6118 comp.unix.questions:13816 comp.unix.wizards:16347
Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!shlump.dec.com!riscy.dec.com!dbb
From: dbb@riscy.dec.com (David Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Ugly file name
Keywords: rm cat mv regexp
Message-ID: <1237@riscy.dec.com>
Date: 23 May 89 23:15:32 GMT
References: <2362@sigma.UUCP> <7170@bsu-cs.bsu.edu> <1614@auspex.auspex.com> <448@hsi86.hsi.UUCP>
Sender: news@riscy.dec.com
Followup-To: comp.unix.xenix
Distribution: usa
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation New York ULTRIX Resource Center
Lines: 11

I've found that the best way to remove files whose names begin with strange characters like a `-'

prompt% rm ./-filename

or:

prompt% rm /usr/users/me/-filename

Hope this helps...

Dave Barrett