topic Re: Removing a file named "--hi" in Operating System - HP-UX

Removing a file named "--hi"

Manuales — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:28:19 GMT

Hi ..
for error, i created a file named "--hi"
instead of "hi" ..
how can i delete it?

i'm aplying :
rm "--hi"
and appears:
rm: illegal option -- -
rm: illegal option -- h
rm: illegal option -- i

thanks, Manuales

Re: Removing a file named "--hi"

Pete Randall — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:33:31 GMT

try this

rm -- --hi

Pete

Re: Removing a file named "--hi"

Geoff Wild — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:33:46 GMT

Try

rm \-\-hi

or remove via the inum

See

http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/topics/troubleshooting/os/unix/1231/

Rgds...Geoff

Re: Removing a file named "--hi"

A. Clay Stephenson — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:35:15 GMT

rm -- --hi

The "--" tells the command that no further options are to be processed so that "-" has no further significance. The is a standard convention for UNIX commands because it is built into the getopts() library function.

Re: Removing a file named "--hi"

Rodney Hills — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:35:52 GMT

Or try-

rm ./--hi

HTH

-- Rod Hills

Re: Removing a file named "--hi"

Manuales — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 10:53:33 GMT

THANKS ALL!!!
IT WORKED !!!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH !!!
:0)

Manuales.

Re: Removing a file named "--hi"

Prasad Joshi — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:22:23 GMT

There are many ways to remove this type of file, I am listing some of them

Get the INODE number===> ls -i
# ls -i
3232 -hi

1. for f in `find . -inum 3232`
do
rm -i $f
done

2. rm -i `find . -inum 3232`

3. find . -inum 3232 -ok rm {} \;

4. rm ./-hi

5. rm $PWD/-hi

6. rm -- -hi

Regards.
Prasad

Re: Removing a file named "--hi"

Manuales — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:08:39 GMT

Thanks Prassad for your attention to answer even have been closed this issue ...

really, thank you very much ... i'd like give you points but i can not do it because i do not have the option to do it because it's a closed issue.

THANKS ...
Manuales.

Re: Removing a file named "--hi"

Pete Randall — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 12:21:57 GMT

Actually, just so you know, Mauales, you can re-open the thread, assign points, then close the thread again!

Pete