Yup, that would be my choice too. And in some Unix variants you could just type: rm '-v' and be done with it. Which would also work for embedded spaces. Cheers Nuno Souto in sunny Sydney, Australia dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ji" <Richard.Ji@xxxxxxxxxx> > rm has an option "--" which tells it stop treating - as an option after > it. > > rm -- -v > ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------