• (linux) how to remove a file named '-r' ?
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(for some reason the linux section wouldn't let me post a thread) ok so I was being retarded and I did [code]cat /dev/null > -r[/code] and now there's a null file named '-r' that I can't remove: [code] [*****@localhost tempdir]$ ls -ahl -rw-r--r-- 1 ***** ***** 0 Feb 3 14:11 -r [*****@localhost tempdir]$ rm -r rm: missing operand Try 'rm --help' for more information. [*****@localhost tempdir]$ rm '-r' rm: missing operand Try 'rm --help' for more information.[/code] what do?
[quote]To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo', use one of these commands: rm -- -foo rm ./-foo [/quote] Straight from rm --help
thanks, should have read the help for more than 5 seconds :doh:
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