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> **Possible Duplicate:**  
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> [Unable to remove a special named files in terminal](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/791155/unable-to-remove-a-special-named-files-in-terminal) 
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I feel silly asking, but how can I delete a file in linux named `--preserve-permissions`?

I tried:

```
rm "--preserve-permissions"

and

rm "\-\-preserve-permissions"

```

Neither works. Thanks.