Re: tlug: How to delete "-h.tgz" ???

[Felix Morley Finch <felix@example.com>]

>>In article <13832.42978.255281.333613@example.com>, "Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com> writes:

>>>>> "Karl-Max" == Karl-Max Wagner <karlmax@example.com> writes:
>>> I just typed "gzip -h" assuming I'd get a list of
>>> options. Instead it created a file called "-h.tgz".
>>> 
>>> These commands told me -h is not a legal option: rm -h.tgz rm
>>> "-h.tgz" mv -h.tgz h.tgz
>>> 
>>> Any idea how I get rid of this file?

Karl-Max> Escape the "-" with a "\" in front.

> This can't work because the \ is a shell escape, and it's rm that's
> interpreting the - as a switch.

Protect the '-' with './' ---

	rm ./-h.tgz

Sometimes (but not with the rm I just tried it on) options aren't
looked for after the first file name (does NOT work here :-)

	touch xyz; rm xyz -h.tgz

Sometimes '--' signifies end of optiosn (DOES work here):

	rm -- -h.tgz

But the ./-h.tgz is the classic answer.

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