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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!newspump.sol.net!ddsw1!news.mcs.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!netnews.com!ix.netcom.com!news From: scrantr@ix.netcom.com (Richard Scranton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: dummy question Date: Sun, 13 Oct 96 20:26:11 GMT Organization: LDA Systems, Columbus Lines: 21 Message-ID: <N.101396.162611.72@SCRANTR> References: <53mfdu$1iv@wa4phy.async.com> <53oncv$fi5@newshost.lanl.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: col-oh5-17.ix.netcom.com X-NETCOM-Date: Sun Oct 13 3:26:14 PM CDT 1996 X-Newsreader: Quarterdeck Message Center [1.0] > In article <53mfdu$1iv@wa4phy.async.com>, > S.W. Drinkard <sam@wa4phy.async.com> wrote: > = > = 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? > > You have two easy choices: rm ./--remove-files rm -i *remove-files Either one will do the job for you. ---- ======================================== Richard Scranton - LDA Systems, Columbus scrantr@ix.netcom.com