rm -- --absolute-paths would work also. The "--" says that you are done
passing arguments to rm, everything is is file names.
Roderick Cummings wrote:
>
> >From: "Adrian Bolzan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> >Subject: problem removing a file
> >Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:24:11 +1000
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a file that has been named "--absolute-paths" (no
> >quotes). It looks like it was created when one of our
> >sysadmins was testing a burt backup routine.
> >
> >It is about 650MB and I need to remove it.
> >However, I cannot remove the file as the rm command
> >thinks it is an option! nor can I rename it with mv.
> >
> >any help would be appreciated...
> >
> >thanks,
> >
> >adrian
> >
> >
>
> go to the directory it is in, do:
> rm ./--absolute-paths
>
> or do its full pathname
>
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