Need help removing file incorrectly named "-b"

[Giwhiz]

I have a large file that is owned by root that is named -b and would like to know how to remove it. When I try to list the file using "ls -l" I get the listing for the whole directory. How can I remove only the file -b? I do have root access.

Thanks!

i.e.
-rw-r--r-- 1 root system 739645440 Jan 07 12:04 -b
drwxr-xr-x 39 root system 4096 Jan 07 14:08 .
drwxr-xr-x 24 root system 4096 Nov 03 11:28 ..
drwxrwxr-x 2 fred fred 256 Nov 12 11:00 fred
drwxrwxr-x 2 sue sue 256 Nov 12 11:00 sue
drwxrwxr-x 2 apps staff 256 Nov 12 11:00 apps
drwxrwxr-x 2 pkgs staff 256 Nov 12 11:00 pkgs

 

[Giwhiz]

I figured out the answer to my question which is below:

$ ls -- -b
-b
$ rm -- -b

 

[biblio93]

Hello,
You can remove this file with the inode_number find with:
ls -lia
and
in the FS ( if / or in /usr) for example
cd / or cd /usr
find . -inum "number_inode" -exec rm -i {} \;
or

rm -i \-b

-i for interactive response

 

[victorv]

hi,

rm "-b"

You ca use this method also when a filename contains spaces.

bye
vittorio

 

[ogniemi]

or

rm -i ./-b