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Old 10-06-2006
How to delete a weird file name

Hi,
How do I delete a file name that starts with a hypen?
e.g. -unix_file_2006_10_3
I always get an erroe when I use rm command. I am using Solaris.
Thanks,

Hi,
One of the Unix books I read to remove this weird file suggest to use:
"rm ./-unix_file_2006_10_3"
which I did today and file went away.
According to the book the "./" just say " in this directory" that is all it does -without it Unix thinks that the dash is an option of some unix commands that was erroneuosly entered.

Thanks you all for responding.

Last edited by XZOR; 10-06-2006 at 02:33 PM..
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Old 10-06-2006
Don't know about solaris, I am using RHEL.
I did it like this:
in GNOME locate the file.
press the almighty del key...
it does it...
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Old 10-06-2006
Quote:
Originally Posted by XZOR
Hi,
How do I delete a file name that starts with a hypen?
e.g. -unix_file_2006_10_3
I always get an erroe when I use rm command. I am using Solaris.
Thanks,
have you tried:
rm "-unix_file_2006_10_3"

if that does not work, try:
rm \-unix_file_2006_10_3

if you still get the error, post the error here
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Old 10-06-2006
try
rm -- filename
 
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