Oracle-L: Re: UNIX OT: deleting file starting with --

From: Jared Still <jkstill_at_cybcon.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 07:04:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D532F.20031031070426@fatcity.com>

Many unix commands recognize the '--' parameter.

What this means on the command line is that everything entered after the -- is not a switch, but an argument.

'rm -- --cart' will delete the file.

man getopt for details.

Jared

On Thu, 2003-10-30 at 20:44, Ross Collado wrote:
> Hi,
> How do I delete a file named --cart ?
> Thanks,
> Ross
>
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