rm -- --newer
The first -- informs rm that there are no more options, and so --newer is
taken as a file name.
On 1/26/07, Ma'moon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> i have created a file called {--test} and tried to remove it and had the
> same results, well, i only fired the commands {mv ./--test ./test} then {rm
> -f ./test} having the file removed from the directory.
>
> On 1/26/07, Yaman Saqqa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > [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
> >
> >
>
> >
>
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