by As the person who posted the 'rm -i' solution, I have this to say: you're right.Quote:>>This question or ones like it (how do I remove a file named <whatever>) keeps
>>coming up every so often. I have a surefire way to remove any file, strangely
>>named or not. It works for EVERY question like this I've ever seen.
>>Just do this:
>>rm -i * .*
>>and answer 'n' to every prompt except the one relating to the
>>troublesome file. This is guaranteed to work.
>If there is a file named '-' (i.e., a single hyphen), this method will
>unfortunately not work. At least this doesn't work for a file named
>'-' under SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.3.
>I believe that what should be typed instead is ...
> rm -i ./* ./.*
I stand (sit, actually) corrected.
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