removing file '-D'

albi at scii.nl albi at scii.nl
Tue Sep 6 03:50:47 PDT 2005


On Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:43:49 +0200
Erik Norgaard <norgaard at locolomo.org> wrote:

> using dvrecv (dvts) with the documented -D option did not indicate the 
> desired device but rather created a file with the name -D. Now I can't 
> get rid of it, using csh, bash or sh:
> 
> Specifying:
> 
> $ 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

are you sure it's not " -D" (with space) ? 

i just created a file called -D and this removes it :
rm -- "-D"

(and you can also try midnight commander in those cases :)


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