[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rm --newer rm: unrecognized option `--newer' Try `rm ./--newer' to remove the file `--newer'. Try `rm --help' for more information. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ rm ./--newer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$
:D On 1/26/07, Al-Faisal El-Dajani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all, > I recently ran the following command: > tar zcvf --newer $Date $Backup.tgz folders_to_backup > > but since the --newer option followed the f option, a tar file called > "--newer" was created. I tried deleting it using the following methods: > rm --newer > rm \-\-newer > rm '--newer' > rm "--newer" > rm `--newer` > rm '\-\-newer' > rm * > find . -iname *newer -exec rm > mv --newer /dev/null > > but they all gave me the same thing, invalid option --newer. In the end, i > deleted it using the GUI. But how do you delete files with strange names? > > -- > Al-Faisal El-Dajani > Phone: +962-7-77 799 781 > P.O Box: 140056 > 11814 Amman, Jordan > > > -- abulyomon www.KiLLTHeUPLiNK.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jolug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups-beta.google.com/group/Jolug?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
