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How you delete this file "-f"

 
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f. halili
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‎07-10-2006 01:23 AM

‎07-10-2006 01:23 AM

How you delete this file "-f"

How you delete a file that starts with "-"

Example:

-rw-r--r-- 1 prog users 0 Jun 15 09:49 -f
derekh
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Jeff_Traigle
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‎07-10-2006 01:24 AM

‎07-10-2006 01:24 AM

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Re: How you delete this file "-f"

This is actually documented in the rm man page.

rm ./-f
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James R. Ferguson
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‎07-10-2006 01:25 AM

‎07-10-2006 01:25 AM

Re: How you delete this file "-f"

Hi:

# rm -i -- -f

Regards!

...JRF...
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f. halili
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‎07-10-2006 01:27 AM

‎07-10-2006 01:27 AM

Re: How you delete this file "-f"

THANKS !!!!
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