[wplug] removing problem file

beer beer at cmu.edu
Wed Jul 21 14:38:25 EDT 2004


That did it.  Thanks Jon.

> beer wrote:
>> So i was typing in a command and screwed up the syntax which caused an
>> error and the creation of a file name '-a'.  Of course if I attempt to
>> remove the file rm complains that --a is an unknown option. :)  Anyone
>> have a suggestion for removing this?
> 
> rm -- -a
> 
> the -- means "no more arguments after this".
> 
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