Re: tlug: How to delete "-h.tgz" ???

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "Karl-Max" == Karl-Max Wagner <karlmax@example.com> writes:

    >> I just typed "gzip -h" assuming I'd get a list of
    >> options. Instead it created a file called "-h.tgz".
    >> 
    >> These commands told me -h is not a legal option: rm -h.tgz rm
    >> "-h.tgz" mv -h.tgz h.tgz
    >> 
    >> Any idea how I get rid of this file?

    Karl-Max> Escape the "-" with a "\" in front.

This can't work because the \ is a shell escape, and it's rm that's
interpreting the - as a switch.

Of course, I made the same mistake (a little more plausibly since I
actually have written globbing code for an application program under
MS-DOS), recommending '?h.tgz' ;-)

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