Deleting a file where the first character in name is a '-'

[Harper Mann]

Try "rm -- -weed*"

Also try "rm --help" which is how I remember it.

Regards,

- Harper

Harper Mann
Groundwork Open Source Solutions
510-599-2075 (cell)


-----Original Message-----
From: redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:redhat-install-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mark Knecht
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 2:33 PM
To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
Subject: Deleting a file where the first character in name is a '-'

Hi all,
    Since Rick suggested I'd been absent too long ;-) here's one for the 
team. How do I delete this file? I'm stumped, but that's easy to do.

flash Images $ ls -la
total 388776
-rw-r--r--   1 mark users   6920582 Apr 28 15:34 
-weed-Onion_Jack-Fake_Moon_Landings.wma
drwxr-xr-x   2 mark users      4096 Sep  8 14:19 .
drwx------  70 mark users      4096 Sep  8 14:12 ..
flash Images $

I tried quoting it, and back/forward slashing it, but I'm not able to 
get rid of it.

thanks,
Mark


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