removing file '-D'

Michael Abbott michael at araneidae.co.uk
Tue Sep 6 03:48:09 PDT 2005


> $ rm -D
> rm: illegal option -- D
> $ rm "-D"
> rm: illegal option -- D
> $ rm '-D'
> rm: illegal option -- D
> $ rm \-D
> rm: illegal option -- D
> $ rm '\-D'
> rm: \-D: No such file or directory
> $ rm "\-D"
> rm: \-D: No such file or directory
>
> any hints?

Try either
 	$ rm ./-D
or
 	$ rm -- -D




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