In this specific case:
rm -- --help
...should do the trick. The null argument "-- " signifies to most
utilities that the remaining arguments are to be interpreted as
arguments and not options.
Other helpful hints:
- List the file by inode, find and remove the inode:
touch -- --help
ls -i
find . -inum `ls -i|grep -- '--help'|awk '{print $1}'` -exec rm {}\;
- Most "strange" characters can be dealt with by quoting. The above
inode approach is a good trick to know though.
On Wed, Mar 22, 2000 at 10:14:19PM -0500, Marshal Kar-Cheung Wong wrote:
> I was wondering how to remove a file by the name of --help.tgz?
> (Don't ask...Okay if you really must know, I typed in tgz --help and I
> get that file. There's no man page for tgz, and I think tgz shouldn't
> accept things starting with -- as file names...) rm always takes it
> as an option, even if quotes, double-quoted, backslashed,
> regular-expressioned. Any suggestions?
>
> Marshal
>
>
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