How to remove a file whose name starts with '-' [duplicate]

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After a mistake in a script I ended up with a file whose name starts with a dash, -:

-myfile.txt

I tried so far:

rm -myfile.txt
rm: illegal option -- m
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
       unlink file

rm "-myfile.txt"
rm: illegal option -- m
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
       unlink file

rm "\-myfile.txt"
rm: \-myfile.txt: No such file or directory

rm \-myfile.txt
rm: illegal option -- m
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
       unlink file

rm "-"myfile.txt
rm: illegal option -- m
usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dPRrvW] file ...
       unlink file

How can I delete this file?

回答1:

Thanks to @ajp15243 : the answer is :

rm ./-myfile.txt

or

rm -- -myfile.txt

回答2:

Use the absolute pathname

Like rm /home/name/-myfile.txt

回答3:

you could always try the inode solution :

$ ls -al -i | grep me
2116530 -rw-rw-r--  1 user123 user123       0 Feb 27 12:39 me

and 2116530 is the inode of the file. Then you can use find to delete it

find ./ -inum 2116530 --delete

or even

find ./ -inum 2116530 -exec rm {\} \;

回答4:

try this one put your file name in "-" eg: rm "-myfile.txt"

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22048216/how-to-remove-a-file-whose-name-starts-with