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From: mkb@hoss.unl.edu (CRCHPUX System Manager)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: RE: Help!!!
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Date: 7 Mar 90 18:26:40 GMT
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Here are some more (hopefully) helpful suggestions for the user with the
"-files.doc" problem:

1.	Some UNIX versions have a nice option with "rm" that is just for
this situation, this is the minus (-) option.  (Ultrix-32 is one such 
implementation).  All that is needed to remove files whose names begin 
with a "-" is this:
		rm - -files.doc

2.	Try   rm -i *.doc
This will ask for a yes or no response before deleting any files.

************************************************************************
Sincerely,

Mary Beardslee  [  mkb@hoss.unl.edu ]
UNIX Systems Manager
University of Nebraska-Lincoln