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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!news.mathworks.com!solaris.cc.vt.edu!vtaix.cc.vt.edu!cs230457 From: cs230457@vtaix.cc.vt.edu (Scott Gasch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: HELP!! how do you delete... Date: 10 Feb 1995 20:30:52 GMT Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3hgids$83v@solaris.cc.vt.edu> References: <3hfagp$fiv@villa.fc.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: vtaix.cc.vt.edu NNTP-Posting-User: cs230457 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL0] Steve Gibson (ares@freeside.fc.net) wrote: : 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! Try either: rm ./-whatever or rm ?whatever Scott :)