[H-GEN] Shell usage...

[Stephen Thomas]

On Sun, Aug 23, 1998 at 06:49:47PM +1000, Aaron Howell wrote:
> rm ./-filename
> Regards
> Aaron
> On Sun, Aug 23, 1998 at 06:39:24PM +1000, Daehenoc wrote:
> > Hello everybody - i've screwed up whilst using ftp and created a file that
> > starts with a '-' symbol - how do you kill this file in the shell?
> > 
> > Greg Vickers,
> > PC technician experienced in:
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> > 
> > ... Daehenoc ... a.k.a The Gingerbread Man
> > 
> > 
> 
> -- 
> Aaron Howell.	Q.U.T Equity Department, Technical Support/Training.
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>

I've found for strange filenames, you can usually put quotes around them, or just starting typing it and hitting tab (assuming bash) should finish it and put quotes around it for you.

Stephen Thomas (TheDirector)
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