Re: Removing a file that starts with dashes

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On Wed, Apr 02, 2014 at 09:51:41AM -0500, Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
> rm: unrecognized option `--backup=numbered'
> Try `rm ./'--backup=numbered'' to remove the file `--backup=numbered'.
> Try `rm --help' for more information.

This is one of the oldest of oldest of Unix FAQs

eg
   http://fisica.ehu.es/ref/unixfaq.html#2.1

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rgds
Stephen
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