Thanks [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Third option could be rm -- \-r\*
Richard.
On Saturday 20 September 2003 21:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Soln:
>
> # rm ./ "-r*"
> # rm -- "-r*"
>
> Well some of you got it while and the others... PLEASE pkgrm that GUI and
> start hitting those books!
>
> 2 Methods
> Given 2 files. -F and ---wow (YES they can be created!)
>
> I. Hiding in the directory
>
> rm "./file"
>
> $ rm ./ -F
> $ rm "./ ---wow"
>
> By placing the ./ (dot, slash) infront of the filename you hide the option
> and treat it as part of the file. The lines remove the file (not the
> option) from the current directory. Whenever in doubt, quotation marks ("
> ") help define the file and should be used.
>
> II. Fighting a Dash with a Dash
>
> rm -- file
>
> $ rm -- -F
> $ rm -- ---wow
>
> The double dash before the file will treat it as a file and not as an
> option. it treats what UNIX thinks is an option as a file.
>
> Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hell NO!!!!, but that is a good one :=)
> >
> >On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 21:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> You only have 5 seconds to answer this one...
> >>
> >> On using ls -l if you find a file called -r* at the root level of the
> >> directory tree how would you remove it?
> >>
> >> -rw------- 1 root root 5910 Sep 18 00:00 -r*
> >>
> >> Note
> >> You have no GUI installed.
> >>
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