I suddenly found the folder “-p” in my home directory, one day... “ ls -p” -p/ “ ls -p/” / is not a flag option ”ls *” -p “ls */*” No file nor directory... “rm -p” -p isn’t a flag So.... I dunno about you guys, but this sucked figuring out how to handle. It can be removed with “rm -r ./-p/“ But everything else makes it into a flag. Moral of the story: If a file like “-a” shows up and it’s existence bothers you, DON’T TRY REMOVING IT WITHOUT “./“ or some other path behind it!