How to remove this file?

cqmyg5 · 06-07-2006, 06:50 PM

There's a file named "-X", I can not remove it, please help!

I already tried these:

rm -rf -X
rm -rf "-X"
rm -rf \-X
rm -rf "-"X
rm -rf /-\X
rm -rf /-/X

cqmyg5 · 06-07-2006, 06:53 PM

Oh, I get it,
rm -- -X

drkstr · 06-07-2006, 06:54 PM

'rm *X' maybe?

regards,
...drkstr

soulestream · 06-07-2006, 09:56 PM

yeah, rm -- -X
is the way

soule

Randux · 06-08-2006, 12:56 PM

The other classic is the files that Emacs creates when you exit in a hurry:

#myfile#

Those are fun to try to delete

dennisk · 06-08-2006, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randux

The other classic is the files that Emacs creates when you exit in a hurry:

#myfile#

Those are fun to try to delete

Actually I did that yesterday and typing

rm # (tab)

immediately gave this

rm \#

Dennisk

Randux · 06-09-2006, 12:45 AM

Yeah, ain't Bash completion grand?

tronayne · 06-10-2006, 11:36 AM

You can usually -- usually! -- remove files like that with

rm ./-X

Now, that's sh and ksh but it ought to work in any sh-like shell...

Nylex · 06-10-2006, 12:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randux

The other classic is the files that Emacs creates when you exit in a hurry:

#myfile#

Those are fun to try to delete

You can also delete these by encasing the filename in double quotes, i.e.

$ rm "#myfile#".

evilDagmar · 06-11-2006, 12:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cqmyg5

Oh, I get it,
rm -- -X

You have to be the first person I've ever seen to figure this out on their own. Kudos to you.

kodon · 06-11-2006, 12:38 AM

really?

the man page says it quite plainly