Rob Mahurin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apparently about an hour ago something made a few files in my homedir > that began with "-", and now I can't read them and can't remove them: > > 15:30 ~ $ ls > total 80 > -rw------- 1 alphengl alphengl 226 Oct 10 14:30 -011405 > -rw------- 1 alphengl alphengl 226 Oct 10 14:33 -011485 > -rw------- 1 alphengl alphengl 226 Oct 10 14:42 -011611 > [...] > 15:31 ~ $ cat \-011405 > cat: invalid option -- 0
Try something like $ cat ./-011405 That is, always prepend ./ to the filename if you have files that start with - > What are they and how do I make them go away? I have no idea. Maybe doing cat will help to find out where they came from. > Rob // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
