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. > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Andre M. Varon Lasaltech Incorporated > Technical Head Fax-Tel: (034)433-3520 > e-mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web page: http://www.lasaltech.com/andre.html > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

