>> > This is the best thing to try first - although I have seen some things >> > that even this won't work on. >> > >> > Chris >> >> Such as what? > >WHOA! > >This is my chnace to present my most stupid mistake: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# cat /dev/null > -i >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/tmp# rm -i >rm: too few arguments >Try `rm --help' for more information. > this has nothing to do with shell expansion. it just simply means that rm assumes everything after '-' to be an option, and treats it as such. no magic required either, reading the man page will tell you that '--' means end of options so 'rm -- -i' would actually remove the file.
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