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howey
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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:02 am Post subject: Removing a directory with leading dashes |
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I somehow ended up with a directory called "--help", how to I go about removing it, because rm -rf --help, rm -rf \-\-help and rm -rf "--help/" all give me the help page. |
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adaptr
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End the command with "--" by itself, then give the argument; every GNU program is written to read "--" as "this is the end of the options - here come the arguments."
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howey
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| I'll keep that in mind for the future, thanks. |
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