Re: Unable to del an OS file with special char - need ideas
- From: "Jared Still" <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 11:59:58 -0700
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Another option:
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> rm -- -C
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Ah, one of the rare folks that knows about '--'.
FYI for those new to it, '--' works for many linux/unix commands
Most std *nix commands accept the argument -- as meaning 'this is the end of
command line options,
everything past here is literal'
This is part of the getopt function in the stdlib.
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Jared Still
Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist
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