[Gllug] help deleting file

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On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, dylan at dylan.me.uk stated:
> On Friday 17 February 2006 19:26, salsaman wrote:
>> rm: invalid option -- =
>> Try `rm --help' for more information.
>>
>>
>> How can I delete this file ?
> 
> enclose the filename in double quotes:

That can't work: the shell strips the quotes, but it's *rm itself*
that looks at the resutling arguments and decides that those prepended
with a dash are switches.

No shell-level quoting tricks can change this: "" or '' are useless.

(The correct solution, as others have posted, is --, which is
interpreted by rm.)

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