and if you have problems with this add '--' before the file name... so: rm -- ./-stupid_dash_file -or rm -i -- ./-stupid_dash_file The second one will ask before deleting... not always bad to check before deleting. @ On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 08:54:40AM -0600, Jim Crumley wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 04:07:29PM -0600, Daniel Taylor wrote: > > The nastiest filenames have leading dashes... > > Just use: > > rm ./-stupid_dash_file > > -- > Jim Crumley |Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List (TCLUG) > crumley at fields.space.umn.edu |Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > Ruthless Debian Zealot |http://www.mn-linux.org/ > Never laugh at live dragons |Dmitry's free,Jon's next? http://faircopyright.org > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -- Aaron Thompson Unix Systems Administrator College of Natural Science University of Northern Iowa