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Thanks Guys! Got it taken care of and I use rmdir ./-_12 and were able to removed it. Can also use cd ./-_12 to get in as well. What really surprise me though is that I was able to create that...

$ rmdir -f '-_12'
rmdir: illegal option -- _
rmdir: illegal option -- 1
rmdir: illegal option -- 2
Usage: rmdir [-fip] dirname ...

i2batch@phgp0486 [/interfaces/ip/pep/in/Run]
$ cd '-_12'...

Did those as well and didn't work either. If I recalled in the past, I had to masked the first character so as not to be interpreted by the shell.

I did try that...
$ rmdir -f \-_12
rmdir: illegal option -- _
rmdir: illegal option -- 1
rmdir: illegal option -- 2
Usage: rmdir [-fip] dirname ...

I even thought of this one as well....
$...

Hi All,

I have a script written that creates a new directory within the shell program and if a parameter isn't passed in, it creates a strange directory name by mistake. So I have a directory like...