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How do I delete a file named -p in bash? Trying rm "-p" complains that -p is not a valid argument.
fmark
Posted 2010-06-04T03:50:55.603
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How do I delete a file named "-p" from bash?
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Most GNU tools support -- to terminate the options.
rm -- -p
rm ./-p
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
Posted 2010-06-04T03:50:55.603
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1Not just GNU tools, but all POSIX-compliant tools, and in practice all non-antique unix tools. – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' – 2011-09-08T21:58:40.113
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The NOTE section in the man page for rm has something to say exactly about this. Apart from what Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams has mentioned in their answer, one other way of removing such files, as mentioned in the man page, is by using an absolute path reference, such as: rm /home/user/-p.
ayaz
Posted 2010-06-04T03:50:55.603
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You write "delete a file" yet the title says "delete a folder". Please make the question consistent so that it gets properly indexed. – sam hocevar – 2011-03-20T03:22:44.957