[H-GEN] deleting files that start with --
Clinton Roy
clinton.roy at gmail.com
Thu Mar 2 19:00:57 EST 2006
Hi David,
> I just misused tar's --exclude option and now have a tar file whose name
> starts with --exclude=
The work-everywhere solution is:
rm ./--exclude\=
The gnu rm flag to use is, funnily enough, --:
rm -- ./--exclude\=
cheers,
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Clinton Roy
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