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Old 09-10-2014
This is very simple: unless test.sh takes an operand or option that it uses to alter the list of files it will remove, there is no way for start.sh to make test.sh skip one rm statement or one argument in one rm statement.

Furthermore, you have given us no reason why test.sh should not remove the file and then have start.sh use something like:
Code:
if [ -e "$file" ]
then    rm "$file"
fi

after test.sh completes.
 
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