Re: Removing a file that starts with dashes

[Pete Geenhuizen <pete@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/02/14 10:51, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Frank M. Ramaekers wrote:
> Method 1: try rm \-\-backup\=numbered
> Method 2, that will *ALWAYS* work:
> ls -i
> then, using the inode number
> find . -inum <inode> -exec rm {} \;
>
> The latter method is the one guaranteed to take care of all kinds of
> filenames with weird, or unprintable, stuff in the name.
>
>         mark
>
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Use rm -i *
It will usually catch the file and because it's a special character it 
and many other odd ball file names usually appear in the very beginning 
so you don't have to go through the entire list.

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