From: Bill Thompson (bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM)
Date: Mon Mar 17 2003 - 14:05:50 EST
Stephen,
There are many ways to deal with files beginning with a dash, but the most
appropriate way is to use the "--" option that is accepted by most
applications.
The "--" signifies the end of the options list. So "rm -- -t" would see "
-t" as a filename rather than trying to parse it as an option.
Bill Thompson
Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen Spalding" <ssaixadm@YAHOO.COM>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
To: <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 1:33 PM
Subject: -t file
> Hello all,
>
> A user on one of our AIX systems has somehow managed
> to create a file called "-t". I've gone through my bag
> of tricks trying to remove it, but I can't seem to
> delete it. In fact, the only way that I can even do a
> listing of the file is with 'ls -l'. Here is what the
> file looks like:
>
> soms01dx root /
> > ls -l
> total 92248
> -rw-r--r-- 1 garneem quest 9729 Mar 17 12:29 config
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root quest 1988 Mar 17 12:29 qdb
> -rw-r--r-- 1 garneem quest 1196 Mar 17 12:21 -t
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to get rid of this file?
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Stephen Spalding
>
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