[marshall@jerkon]{03:02 AM}: [~/Hack/testrm] $ touch a b; mkdir c d; ls -l
total 8
-rw-rw-r-- 1 marshall marshall    0 Nov 17 03:02 a
-rw-rw-r-- 1 marshall marshall    0 Nov 17 03:02 b
drwxrwxr-x 2 marshall marshall 4096 Nov 17 03:02 c
drwxrwxr-x 2 marshall marshall 4096 Nov 17 03:02 d
[marshall@jerkon]{03:02 AM}: [~/Hack/testrm] $ rm *
rm: cannot remove 'c': Is a directory
rm: cannot remove 'd': Is a directory
[marshall@jerkon]{03:03 AM}: [~/Hack/testrm] $ touch -- '-riv' 
[marshall@jerkon]{03:03 AM}: [~/Hack/testrm] $ rm *
rm: remove directory 'c'? y
removed directory 'c'
rm: remove directory 'd'? y
removed directory 'd'
[marshall@jerkon]{03:04 AM}: [~/Hack/testrm] $ ls -l
total 0
-rw-rw-r-- 1 marshall marshall 0 Nov 17 03:03 -riv
[marshall@jerkon]{03:04 AM}: [~/Hack/testrm] $