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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!zeno.nscf.org!wa4phy.async.com!wa4phy.async.com!not-for-mail From: sam@wa4phy.async.com (S.W. Drinkard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: dummy question Date: 11 Oct 1996 17:49:50 -0400 Organization: Not very often Lines: 16 Message-ID: <53mfdu$1iv@wa4phy.async.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: wa4phy.async.com X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 Ok, I'm not exactly a newbie, but I created a file with a filename of "--remove-files" due to a blunder of the fingers. SysV would let me remove it in quotes, or by matching a wildcard patern. I tried every combination of rm/mv/whatever short of the 45-cal pistol. How does *bsd do it? sheepishly, -sam- -- World Traveler | International Lover | Casual Hero Wars Fought | Opressor of Champions | Revolutions Started Aligators Castrated | Virgins Converted | Governments Run