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Judge584
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 Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2009 8:56 am Post subject: How to delete a file beginning with a "-"? |
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Hi,
Someone have created a file named "-toto" on a production server.
I want to delete this file, but the "-" is giving me troubles.
How to delete such files beginning with special character?
Many thanks... |
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Veldrin
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pholthau
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Judge584
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Many thanks!
I beleive the pholthau answer is the good one, because the two answers works.
Veldrin:
Thanks, but I'm not sure it works...because if i do a:
ls \-toto, the it list my entire directory instead of the file. |
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Veldrin
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sry for the confusion. I though it worked...
*notes how to delete file with a leading dash* |
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Judge584
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Don't be!
Many thanks. |
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