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

[François Patte]

taharka a écrit :
> How do,
> 
> On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 19:42 -0400, Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 2006-10-19 at 07:07 +1000, 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?
>>
>>Here's yet another solution:
>>
>>rm ./--min-size\=8
> 
> 
> You can also remove the file easily, via mc (midnight commander), if
> it's installed of course ;-)
> 

If we want to be comprehensive: you can also remove file with shell
characters in their name using emacs: open the directory in emacs then
use "operate" menu....
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François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université René Descartes
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte