On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Rich Lafferty wrote:

> 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
> 

And if none of these methods work for you, try those outlined in the Unix
FAQ at <URL:http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part2/section-2.html>

-- 
Dave Schmitt <dschmi1@umbc.edu>