On 14:28 22 Sep 2004, James H. Cutts III <jcutts@xxxxxxxx> wrote: | Through creative fiddling with my RH 9.0 system, I have managed to | create a file with the name '--exclude=*.work.*' (ticks not included). | I want to delete this file. Any suggestions on the command or on the | Google search? I've tried including the file name in ' (ticks) and " | (quotes). Neither resulted in success. Naturally quotes won't do anything - "rm" never sees them - they exist purely to tell the shell how to interpret strings. Consider your problem: the filename resembles an option. So use a different filename, like "./--exclude=*.work.*", which doesn't start with a dash: rm ./--exclude* should be perfectly reliable. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All these memories will be lost in time, like tears in rain. - Roy Baty, _Blade Runner_ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
