On Jan 22, 2008 8:46 AM, Eric B. <ebenze@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got an odd situation here. Somehow, I find myself with two files that
> start with the - character.
> [eric@apollo mysql]$ ls -l
> total 93348
> -rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 9273344 Nov 13 19:03 -N=2007-11-08
> -rw-r--r-- 1 mysql mysql 38879232 Nov 13 19:02 --newer=2007-11-08
>
>
> Don't ask how they were created; something went wrong with a script at some
> point.
>
> My problem is that I am trying to delete them, but can't figure out how to
> delete these files. Everything I try, I get the same msg:
> [eric@apollo mysql]$ rm '-N=2007-11-08'
> rm: invalid option -- N
> Try `rm --help' for more information.
>
>
> I have tried single quotes, double quotes, escaping it with a \ and still
> get the same error.
>
> Any ideas / suggestions?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Eric
>
The manpage is your friend:
To remove a file whose name starts with a '-', for example
'-foo', use one of these commands:
rm -- -foo
rm ./-foo
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