Can't remove or move file

[Rem P Roberti]

  On 08/20/10 09:06, Mark Tinguely wrote:
> Rem P Roberti wrote:
>>  This is a new one for me.  I converted a YouTube selection using 
>> youtube_dl and the file that was created was named -elDeJaPWGg.flv.  
>> When I try to rename it, or delete it, I get an error message thus:
>>
>> root@ ~: rm -elDeJaPWGg.flv
>> rm: illegal option -- e
>> usage: rm [-f | -i] [-dIPRrvW] file ...
>>        unlink file
>>
>> No switch with either the rm or mv command works.  What is actually 
>> going on here?
>>
>> Rem
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> This is frequently asked question.
>
> For many commands, the "--" stops the argument processing:
>
>    rm -- -elDeJaPWGg.flv
>
>

Thank you.  Still deep into the FreeBSD learning curve, but loving it.  
I should have recognized that the "-" would indicated a switch, but even 
if I had, I would not have known the fix.  Thanks again.

Rem