[comp.unix.shell] Remove a file called '-exec'. How do I do it?

yren@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Yong Ren) (09/10/90)

In article <1512@unicorn.WWU.EDU> n8743196@unicorn.WWU.EDU (jeff wandling) writes:
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>The subject and summary sez it all.
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How about rm ./-exec ?

cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (09/10/90)

In article <1512@unicorn.WWU.EDU> n8743196@unicorn.WWU.EDU (jeff wandling) writes:
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>The subject and summary sez it all.

READ THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS POSTING.


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aaron@odt.Icom.Com (Aaron William Brown) (09/10/90)

In <1512@unicorn.WWU.EDU> n8743196@unicorn.WWU.EDU (jeff wandling) writes:


>The subject and summary sez it all.

Try:

rm -- -exec


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