On 23/01/2008, at 3:46 AM, Eric B. 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.
You can put -- after the rm command to tell it that everything after
that is an arguement (I think).
ie:
$ echo > --help
$ ls -l -- *help*
-rw-rw-r-- 1 netwiz netwiz 1 Jan 23 03:51 --help
$ rm -f -- --help
$ ls -l -- *help*
ls: *help*: No such file or directory
$
--
Steven Haigh
Email: netwiz@xxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.crc.id.au
Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897
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