Re: Naming files after command arguments...

[Steven Augart]

Dear "Security Analyst" weston,

To quote from the help text below:
   To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo',
   use one of these commands:
     rm -- -foo

     rm ./-foo

It works for me:
   $ ls
   $ touch -- -help
   $ touch -- --help
   $ touch -- --version
   $ ls -l
   totale 0
   -rw-rw-r--    1 augart   augart          0 2003-10-08 12:21 --help
   -rw-rw-r--    1 augart   augart          0 2003-10-08 12:21 --version
   -rw-rw-r--    1 augart   augart          0 2003-10-08 12:21 -help
   $ rm -- --help
   $ ls -l
   totale 0
   -rw-rw-r--    1 augart   augart          0 2003-10-08 12:21 --version
   -rw-rw-r--    1 augart   augart          0 2003-10-08 12:21 -help
   $ rm ./--version
   $ ls -l
   totale 0
   -rw-rw-r--    1 augart   augart          0 2003-10-08 12:21 -help
   $

Please write back if you have any further problems.

Sincerely Yours,

--Steven Augart



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simply name files after common command arguments... below i made an
executable and named it "--help" wich just happens to be one of the "rm"
arguments. so- whenever i try to delete this file from the command line, i
just get the "rm" help menu

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address@hidden ls

--help           Floppy             Trash  dcom2.c  nmap_198.192.89-112.txt
CD-ROM [cdrom1]  r00t.desktop    a.out  hda1     scan198.txt
CD-ROM [cdrom]   SelfLinux.desktop  dcom2  hdb1     socks4.exe

address@hidden rm --help

Usage: rm [OPTION]... FILE...
Remove (unlink) the FILE(s).

  -d, --directory       unlink FILE, even if it is a non-empty directory
                          (super-user only)
  -f, --force           ignore nonexistent files, never prompt
  -i, --interactive     prompt before any removal
  -r, -R, --recursive   remove the contents of directories recursively
  -v, --verbose         explain what is being done
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit

To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo',
use one of these commands:
  rm -- -foo

  rm ./-foo

Note that if you use rm to remove a file, it is usually possible to recover
the contents of that file.  If you want more assurance that the contents
are
truly unrecoverable, consider using shred.

Report bugs to <address@hidden>.
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