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I have file with name --help.tgz. I want to delete but don't know how. I tried rm "--help.tgz", rm \-\-help.tgz and it did not work. How can I delete a file with such name?

ashim
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Try: rm -- --help.tgz

The -- tells rm that there are no further flags to process and that everything else are the files/directories to be deleted. Most unix utilities use -- in a similar way.

jsbillings
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