Re: Pesky File
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, How do I view and delete this file? -rw-r--r--1 gpeel wheel 57080 Oct 3 2004 -P Either call the file ./-P on your command line, or use '--' to mark the end of command arguments. Eg: % touch -- -P % ls -l -- -P - -rw-r--r-- 1 matthew wheel 0 Aug 26 13:09 -P % rm -- -P Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG0W3k8Mjk52CukIwRCNIQAJ42/C4ohk8O4JNfSOY/N8VOeAZ7YQCfSXn7 U568mzYq8fiGv7KhAJgEAWQ= =xvF5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pesky File
What immediately came to my mind: % rm `find . -type f -name '-P'` Bahman On 8/26/07, Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, How do I view and delete this file? -rw-r--r--1 gpeel wheel 57080 Oct 3 2004 -P -Grant ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pesky File
To view the file: % cat `find . -type f -name '-P'` Bahman On 8/26/07, Bahman M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What immediately came to my mind: % rm `find . -type f -name '-P'` Bahman On 8/26/07, Grant Peel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, How do I view and delete this file? -rw-r--r--1 gpeel wheel 57080 Oct 3 2004 -P -Grant ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pesky File
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Bahman M. wrote: What immediately came to my mind: % rm `find . -type f -name '-P'` This is just an excessively prolix way of running a command that outputs ./-P and then feeding the result into rm(1). You can just type: rm ./-P for heaven's sake... Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG0XAT8Mjk52CukIwRCCgmAJ4yonsuo6FvAYT+1ZWLMDiuAH9dugCffMIe xPLN/jHG0Qha2ZbsMrmqfNw= =Pmxs -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pesky File
You're right. 'rm ./P' is much better or using '--' as the end of arguments. I didn't know that. Bahman On 8/26/07, Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Bahman M. wrote: What immediately came to my mind: % rm `find . -type f -name '-P'` This is just an excessively prolix way of running a command that outputs ./-P and then feeding the result into rm(1). You can just type: rm ./-P for heaven's sake... Cheers, Matthew - -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG0XAT8Mjk52CukIwRCCgmAJ4yonsuo6FvAYT+1ZWLMDiuAH9dugCffMIe xPLN/jHG0Qha2ZbsMrmqfNw= =Pmxs -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pesky File
For the record, both of the answers that have already been posted are described right in man rm. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
