GNU bug report logs - #64326
Bug in rm command

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: LitHack <lithack0 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:51:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: LitHack <lithack0 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug in rm command
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:05:17 +0530

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There is bug in rm command by which we can not delete a special file with
dash(-) in front of them.

Like rm -file, rm "-file" will not delete the file (-file)

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This bug report was last modified 2 years and 24 days ago.

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