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

On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Bobak, Mark <Mark.Bobak_at_proquest.com> 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
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