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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dummy question
Date: 18 Oct 1996 01:45:47 +0100
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In article <543oei$rga@prometheus.acsu.buffalo.edu>,
nvp@cs.buffalo.edu (Nathan V Patwardhan) writes:
: 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
:
: rm \-\-remove\-files
:
: Or try: rm \-\-[hit TAB if your running tcsh].
:
: Try escaping those naughty "-s".
Wrong. Read my other posts. rm will still receive "--remove-files" as
an argument - just after your shell ditches the useless escapes.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
.