Subject: Re: How do I remove a file named "-Pstylps"
To: None <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Rich Lafferty <rich@alcor.concordia.ca>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 08/16/1999 17:40:21
Quoting Colin Wood (cwood@ichips.intel.com) from Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 09:59:19AM -0700:
> Guy Santiglia wrote:
> > I have a file named -Pstylps in my home directory.
> > I can't seem to get rid of the little @#&^!.
> > I've used single quotes, double quotes, and the \.
> > Does any one have any tricks to get rid of something
> > like this.
> 
> rm -- -Pstylps

Should, but for what it's worth, the canonical (read: no nasty surprises
on other people's systems) form is to give a bit o' path:

 rm ./-Pstylps

  -Rich

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