rm a file with name '--min-size=8'

[Peter Gordon]

Ian Malone wrote:
>> Alternatively, you can escape every hyphen and equals sign within the file
>> name:
>> $ rm -i \-\-min\-size\=8
>>

> Will this actually work?  Doesn't bash eat the escapes before rm
> sees them?

I just SSH'ed into my webhost (running a heavily patched FC2) and it appears
that you are right. It only works when I use the double hyphen method.

Thanks for the clarification. :)
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Peter Gordon (codergeek42)
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