[ProgSoc] Funny files..

[Mike Abdow <myke@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au>]

Check this out..

myke@nospam.geryon [~/crap] 69 $ls 
-123 

myke@nospam.geryon [~/crap] 70 $rm -123 
rm: invalid option -- 1 
Try `rm --help' for more information. 

myke@nospam.geryon [~/crap] 71 $rm "-123"
rm: invalid option -- 1 
Try `rm --help' for more information. 

myke@nospam.geryon [~/crap] 71 $rm '-123'
rm: invalid option -- 1
Try `rm --help' for more information.

myke@nospam.geryon [~/crap] 72 $rm \-123 
rm: invalid option -- 1 
Try `rm --help' for more information. 


If you're wondering how you can create such a file in the first place,
well just edit a file with pico, and save it with the name -123. Now, my
problem is, how do I remove it? 

I know I can just 'cd ..' a level and 'rm -r crap', but this isn't what I
want to do (what if a file like this is in one's home directory?)

Any takers?



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