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| author | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-04-09 05:04:43 +0000 |
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| committer | mpp <mpp@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-04-09 05:04:43 +0000 |
| commit | 760778bbe9b9ee41f2757329f5a502044fa079c8 (patch) | |
| tree | f6cc387c157aab48d9757fe974e98abadc6ee032 /bin/rm | |
| parent | 0e31a95d507d1e21410a9836d0e23932f823ec03 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-760778bbe9b9ee41f2757329f5a502044fa079c8.zip FreeBSD-src-760778bbe9b9ee41f2757329f5a502044fa079c8.tar.gz | |
Provide examples of how to remove file names that begin with
a dash in non-getopt implementations. E.g.:
rm /home/mpp/-filename
rm ./-filename
Requested by: bde
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/rm')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/rm/rm.1 | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/bin/rm/rm.1 b/bin/rm/rm.1 index 6a0eede..55f7851 100644 --- a/bin/rm/rm.1 +++ b/bin/rm/rm.1 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)rm.1 8.5 (Berkeley) 12/5/94 -.\" $Id: rm.1,v 1.7 1997/02/22 14:05:26 peter Exp $ +.\" $Id: rm.1,v 1.8 1997/04/08 20:27:48 mpp Exp $ .\" .Dd December 5, 1994 .Dt RM 1 @@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ with a dash .Pq Sq - . For example: .Dl rm -- -filename +The same behavior can be obtained by using an absolute or relative +path reference. For example: +.Dl rm /home/user/-filename +.Dl rm ./-filename +This is useful for commands that do not use +.Xr getopt 3 +to parse the command line arguments. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr rmdir 1 , .Xr undelete 2 , |
