how to rename of handle a '-r' named file?

Question

In a subfolder of my home dir, There is a file called '-r'

-rw-r--r-- 1 pi pi 10240 Sep 15 18:19 ./prog_python/-r

I don't even know why.

I would like to rename the file or delete it, but nothing like rename '/-r' newName or rename '\-r' newName works. Any advice ? Thanks !

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 15 '16 at 16:19

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You need a "./" in the right place:

cd ~/prog_python
mv ./-r something

answered Oct 15 '16 at 16:19

Thomas Dickey

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 15 '16 at 16:22

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You don't have to escape anything if you just type out the full path, like

mv ~/yoursubfolder/prog_python/-r newName

or

rm ~/yoursubfolder/prog_python/-r

answered Oct 15 '16 at 16:22

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many thanks ! I've also found this solution, but yours is way more efficient and easy to use : find . -type f -name '?r' -exec mv {} renamed \; – Fly Jodel Oct 15 '16 at 16:35

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