need help removing a file

[di||itante]

Ok, I screwed up and used an incorrect tar command and ended up with a file that looks like this: "-X"

Now, I need to remove it but I can not address it. Putting it in quotes (single or double) doesnt work either.

thanks for any help

mike

[di||itante]

well, i found it

rm -- -X

was the solution

mike

[kungfuramone9]

rm -rf as root will kill just about anything... just be sure you *really really* mean it before you hit enter. I think every long-time *nix user has at least one horror story involving rm -rf. :wink:

[di||itante]

didnt work

give it a try

dont know why, but rm -rf doesnt do it

mike