.. > > 	Neither option will work - the first will try to remove a file
.. > > 	with a " as the first and last character, the latter is identical
.. > > 	to typing 'rm -axl', which is what started this thread.
.. > 
.. > Dunno.  The first one worked fine under linux... and upon trying it again,
.. 

Just for the fun of it: How to get rid of a file called  -axl:

   touch a  -- or some other non-existent file
   rm a -axl

:-)   Erik   (-: