unable to remove file

[Ridzuan Zakaria]

Hi,

I accidently created a file with the following name:

-C

However I am not able to remove it.

$ rm -C
rm: illegal option -- C
Usage: rm [-Rfir] file ...

Does anyone know how to remove the file?

Thanks.
Ridzuan

[Robert Salter]

Try backslashing it i.e. rm \-C

[Volker Borowski · Accepted solution]

rm xxxxxxx '-C'

option 1) rm xxxxxxx '-C'
ignore the message about File "xxxxxxx" not found.

option 2) use ftp

Volker

[Robert Salter]

Hmmm, my previous reply, that won't work, you should probably try using the full path to the file,i.e.
rm /tmp/-C

[Ridzuan Zakaria]

Thanks everyone. I am using Volker's first suggestion and it works fine.

Thanks again.