From: mper@uipsuxb.ps.uiuc.edu (Michael Pereckas) Subject: Re: How do I delete file named "-I" ? Date: 15 Jun 1992 06:49:40 GMT
thoth@uiuc.edu (Ben Cox) writes:
>jason@intrepid.ucr.edu (Jason Bishop) writes:
>> Try rm - -I Leading - tells rm that there are no arguments, all following
>> text are files to delete. Also works with cp, mv, etc...
>Unfortunately, that doesn't work. "rm - -I" gives "rm: -: No such
>file or directory". This is the standard answer to this question,
>though, and I have never gotten it to work on any unix system. The
>BSD manpage even says that this is the answer. It is not.
rm -- -I
Works for me. I just tested it. I created the test file with
touch -- -I
This is with the newest GNU utilities.
Michael Pereckas