In Bash, file starts with a "-"
An application created a directory called "-123456" in my /tmp directory.
In Bash, rm -rf * returns: bash: cd: -7: invalid option
rm -rf "-123456" Same thing.
Help?
Solution 1:
Use "--" to end your list of arguments. Thus: rm -rf -- -123456
Solution 2:
Have you tried rm -rf ./-123456?
Edit: Works for me
# ls -l
total 1
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Mar 29 20:48 -test
# rm -rf ./-test
# ls -l
total 0