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Re: Commands on filenames starting with "-"
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Tassilo Horn |
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Re: Commands on filenames starting with "-" |
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Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:05:58 +0100 |
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Haines Brown <haines@HistoricalMaterialism.info> writes:
> I've managed to create some files, the names of which start with a
> dash ("-"). Stupid, I know.
No, there's no restriction from using those filenames.
> I have not been able to figure out how to run commands on them such as
> cat or to cut out the leading dash (mv).
Use -- to tell the command, that from there on, no options are given
anymore.
# Delete the files -i and --interactive
$ rm -- -i --interactive
Bye,
Tassilo