rm a file with name '--min-size=8'

Raman Gupta rocketraman at fastmail.fm
Wed Oct 18 21:20:37 UTC 2006


Yuandan Zhang wrote:
> Hi,
> I incidantly created file named as '--min-size=8'. In fact, I don't 
> know how it was created. I have difficulty to remove it using "rm -rf 
> \--min-size=8 or other ways?
>
> Any sugestion?
>

Try rm -- --min-size=8

The -- generally "turns off" further options.

Cheers,
Raman




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