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How do I delete a file whose name begins with “-” (hyphen a.k.a. dash or minus)?How do I delete a file whose name begins with “-” (hyphen a.k.a. dash or minus)?

Like an idiot, I ran this command:

 tar -cf -X awstats-icon icon tarfile.tar .

I was trying to use the -X switch to exclude awstats-icon and icon directories.

Now I have a large file named -X and I cannot seem to delete it. I tried using:

 rm -X rm `-X` rm '-X'

However none of these have worked. Any suggestions?

Possible Duplicate:
How do I delete a file whose name begins with “-” (hyphen a.k.a. dash or minus)?

Like an idiot, I ran this command:

 tar -cf -X awstats-icon icon tarfile.tar .

I was trying to use the -X switch to exclude awstats-icon and icon directories.

Now I have a large file named -X and I cannot seem to delete it. I tried using:

 rm -X rm `-X` rm '-X'

However none of these have worked. Any suggestions?

Possible Duplicate:
How do I delete a file whose name begins with “-” (hyphen a.k.a. dash or minus)?

Like an idiot, I ran this command:

 tar -cf -X awstats-icon icon tarfile.tar .

I was trying to use the -X switch to exclude awstats-icon and icon directories.

Now I have a large file named -X and I cannot seem to delete it. I tried using:

 rm -X rm `-X` rm '-X'

However none of these have worked. Any suggestions?

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Possible Duplicate:
How do I delete a file whose name begins with “-” (hyphen a.k.a. dash or minus)?

Like an idiot, I ran this command:

 tar -cf -X awstats-icon icon tarfile.tar .

I was trying to use the -X switch to exclude awstats-icon and icon directories.

Now I have a large file named -X and I cannot seem to delete it. I tried using:

 rm -X rm `-X` rm '-X'

However none of these have worked. Any suggestions?

Like an idiot, I ran this command:

 tar -cf -X awstats-icon icon tarfile.tar .

I was trying to use the -X switch to exclude awstats-icon and icon directories.

Now I have a large file named -X and I cannot seem to delete it. I tried using:

 rm -X rm `-X` rm '-X'

However none of these have worked. Any suggestions?

Possible Duplicate:
How do I delete a file whose name begins with “-” (hyphen a.k.a. dash or minus)?

Like an idiot, I ran this command:

 tar -cf -X awstats-icon icon tarfile.tar .

I was trying to use the -X switch to exclude awstats-icon and icon directories.

Now I have a large file named -X and I cannot seem to delete it. I tried using:

 rm -X rm `-X` rm '-X'

However none of these have worked. Any suggestions?

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Accidently created a file called -X, how can I delete it?

Like an idiot, I ran this command:

 tar -cf -X awstats-icon icon tarfile.tar .

I was trying to use the -X switch to exclude awstats-icon and icon directories.

Now I have a large file named -X and I cannot seem to delete it. I tried using:

 rm -X rm `-X` rm '-X'

However none of these have worked. Any suggestions?