Andre,

Type: rm - -test

A -- permits the user to mark explicitly the end of any com-
mand  line  options, allowing rm to recognize file arguments
that begin with a -. 

Regards,
Dan  

A. M. Varon wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 11 Aug 1997, Mike Miller wrote:
> 
> > I have a file on my machine that I created that begins with a hyphen.
> > How can I delete it. rm -test says can't delete est using option -t (or
> > whatever). How do I tell it not to use the hyphen as a switch?
> 
> Use Midnight Commander. Type mc to run the program.
> 
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