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From: ares@freeside.fc.net (Steve Gibson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: HELP!! how do you delete...
Date: 10 Feb 1995 09:09:45 GMT
Organization: Freeside Communications, Inc
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Help!  I'm a unix novice as will probably become painfully obvious in 
reading this next question.  How does one delete a file that starts with 
a "-"?  The 'rm' command won't accept it since it uses the "-" to denote 
whatever feature you want to turn on...  So, there has to be a way to get 
rid of these files!  Please help!

-Steve Gibson
-ares@freeside.fc.com