[Gllug] need help deleting strange filename

[James Tullett]

On Monday 06 August 2001 19:41 pm, Tushar wrote:
> erm, click on the file and then right mouse button and select delete? :)
>
> Tushar
>
> On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 06:30:39PM +0100, Paul Brazier wrote:
> > I'm sure there must be a simple solution to this:
> >
> > For some reason I've acquired a file called "--001.avi" or something
> > (begins with two hyphens anyway).
> > I've tried everything to "rm" it but of course it thinks the double
> > hyphen is for a switch to pass to rm.
> >
> > How do I delete it? Can I delete it by inode number or something?
> >
> > --
> > Paul Brazier
> > Cosmos UK
> >
> >
Emacs dired mode?? 

If emacs isn't your cup of tea you could try
	cd (wherever the file lives)
	rm ./--001.avi
--
James

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