Bad File....

[pmcmicha]

I need to get rid of a certain file that someone before me has created, but it will not remove due to how it is named.

The file name is: -Ftemp.lst and it seems to exist outside the directory hierarchy as it appears above the current working directory:

-rwxrwxrwx 1 noone nogrp 4608 Aug 14 09:43 -Ftemp.lst
drwxrwxrwx 4 noone nogrp 4096 Oct 16 16:39 .
drwxrwxrwx 4 noone nogrp 12288 Oct 16 10:19 ..


Due to the "-" character, I cannot seem to remove it from the filesystem. I have tried to escape the character, but this has not helped. Short of having to unmount the file system, is there any other way to remove this file?

UNIX VERSION == SCO UNIXWARE 7.1.1

Thanks in advance.

 

[KenCunningham]

Hi. Try:

rm -- -Ftemp.lst

HTH.

 

[pmcmicha]

Ken,

Thanks, worked like a champ.