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From: curt@mofo.toad.com (Curt mayer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: How do you rm a strange file?
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Date: 23 Nov 93 21:44:43 GMT
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good grief, boys and girls. this is a FAQ.

rm -f "./-fg | less"

just think about what the bloody shells do, and how options are parsed.

	curt

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