remove folder that stats with a "special" character

mago · 06-27-2006, 04:20 PM

This might be a retarded question but it just happend to me and honestly cannot figure it out. 10 to 1 is exremely simple but well...

I created by mistake a folder that starts with a dash (-) and I cannot delete it. I tried rmdir (since it is empty) with a \ to escape the - and nothing I tried to move it but every time it reads the folder as a flag and I cannot get rid of it.

Is not a big thing but is driveing me bananas, I'm not even sure how I did it since I tried to reproduce it.

Thanks a lot.

acid_kewpie · 06-27-2006, 04:25 PM

try

Code:

rm -- -filename

bathory · 06-27-2006, 04:32 PM

Or:

Code:

rm -r ./-folder

mago · 06-27-2006, 04:40 PM

Thanks a bunch, I knew that will be easy enough but if you don't know how...
I even read the man for rm and rmdir, I might be blind.

Well thanks a lot.