RE: Unable to del an OS file with special char - need ideas

Another option:

rm -- -C

(Works on Linux, not sure about other OSes.)
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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of vikram singh Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 2:38 PM
To: Roman Podshivalov
Cc: freelists
Subject: Re: Unable to del an OS file with special char - need ideas

Yes you are right! not everything need be taken to google. Atleast not immediately. Why ever did i forget my 'man'? :-o

-Vikram

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Roman Podshivalov <roman.podshivalov_at_gmail.com<mailto:roman.podshivalov_at_gmail.com>> wrote: Why google ? Just type: "man unlink" at the shell prompt 8-)

--romas

On 7/9/08, vikram singh <vikramsingh120_at_gmail.com<mailto:vikramsingh120_at_gmail.com>> wrote: Roman,

That is a smart way of doing it. It looks quicker too. I need to google more about this command.

Thanks,

Vikram

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Roman Podshivalov <roman.podshivalov_at_gmail.com<mailto:roman.podshivalov_at_gmail.com>> wrote: unlink -C

--romas

On 7/9/08, vikram singh <vikramsingh120_at_gmail.com<mailto:vikramsingh120_at_gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi All,

I have this file by name '-C' created by mistake. I am unable to delete this. Any ideas?

[oraapp_at_greece app]# ls -l
total 457636
-rw-r--r-- 1 oraapp oraapp 435824640 Oct 4 2007 -C
-rw------- 1 oraapp oraapp 32271367 Oct 4 2007 nohup.out

How can i delete the '-C' file?

Thanks,

Vikram

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