Fun with *

[Andrew Koenig]

In article <17247 at agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, weemba at garnet.berkeley.edu (Obnoxious Math Grad Student) writes:
 
> And while you're at it, don't forget the problem of the lexicograph-
> ically first file being named "-f".

If your rm command uses getopt, you can remove a file named "-f" by saying

	rm -- -f

or even

	rm -f -- -f

The `--' is a widget that says `There are no more options after this;
everything else is an argument even if it looks like an option.'
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				--Andrew Koenig
				  ark at europa.att.com