I have a file named "-t". How to remove it?

Question

Output of "ls -l":

-rw-r--r--  1 root root    0 Mar  4 08:22 -t

When i try to do "rm '-t'":

rm: invalid option -- 't'
Try 'rm ./-t' to remove the file '-t'.
Try 'rm --help' for more information.

So Try 'rm ./-t' to remove the file '-t'. – Pilot6 Mar 22 '16 at 10:16 — Pilot6, Mar 22 '16 at 10:16
Did you read your own question at all? – Dmitry Grigoryev Mar 23 '16 at 20:04 — Dmitry Grigoryev, Mar 23 '16 at 20:04

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '16 at 10:19

24

You can use rm -- -t or rm ./-t

From man rm

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

          rm -- -foo

          rm ./-foo

answered Mar 22 '16 at 10:19

Wayne_Yux

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '16 at 15:12

6

You can use find too:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '-t' -delete

Example:

% ls 
egg -t

% find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -name '-t' -delete 

% ls
egg

answered Mar 22 '16 at 15:12

heemayl

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