rm a file with name '--min-size=8'

[Yuandan Zhang]

On 19/10/06, Ian Malone <ibmalone at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Peter Gordon wrote:
> > Yuandan Zhang wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> I incidantly created file named as '--min-size=8'. In fact, I don't
> know how
> >> it was created. I have difficulty to remove it using "rm -rf
> \--min-size=8
> >> or other ways?
> >
>
> <snip solution>
>
> >
> > Alternatively, you can escape every hyphen and equals sign within the
> file name:
> > $ rm -i \-\-min\-size\=8
> >
>
> Will this actually work?  Doesn't bash eat the escapes before rm
> sees them?
>
> --
> imalone



this file is on another PC, I can't access it (due to firewall) now.  I will
update the outcmes.
thanks for replies
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