Re: How to delete a special directory

[Florian Klien <fklien@xxxxxxxx>]

On 09.02.2007, at 15:29, Mário Gamito wrote:
> I've accidently created two directories: -f and -q
>
> Now, i can't remove them with rm -rf -f -q
> I get an error.
>
> Any ideas ?

try: rm -rf -- -f -q

that should do it. with the double dash you end the commands for rm.

hth
florian
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Florian Klien
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