Yuandan Zhang wrote:
> I incidantly created file named as '--min-size=8'.
kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> try this:
> $ rm -i *
>
> answer no for all files in the dir except for the one you want to delete
>
> or something like rm -i *size*
That won't actually work. The shell will expand either "*" or "*size*"
to include "--min-size=8" before rm sees it, and then rm will complain.
The double dashes are the easiest way to go.
Hope this helps,
James.
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