Dsw (command)

dsw (delete from switches) is an obsolete Unix shell command which enables deletion of files with non-typeable characters. The command debuted in Unix Version 1 and was replaced by adding the -i option to rm^[1] in Version 7. Doug McIlroy wrote that dsw "was a desperation tool designed to clean up files with unutterable names".^[2]

dsw
Original author(s)	Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson
Developer(s)	AT&T Bell Laboratories
Initial release	November 3, 1971; 53 years ago (1971-11-03)
Operating system	Unix
Type	Command

See also

• List of POSIX commands