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Hi all,

I have an empty directory "-ltr".
How to delete it ?

Thanks
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try rmdir '-ltr'
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It doesn't work :
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prompt>rmdir '-ltr'
rmdir: illegal option -- l
rmdir: illegal option -- t
rmdir: illegal option -- r
Usage: rmdir [-ps] dirname ...
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Then try -
rmdir ./-ltr
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Good
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