Commands on filenames starting with "-"

Commands on filenames starting with "-"

[Haines Brown]

I've managed to create some files, the names of which start with a dash
("-"). Stupid, I know.

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). 

Haines Brown

Re: Commands on filenames starting with "-"

[Tassilo Horn]

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

Re: Commands on filenames starting with "-"

[Vincent Beffara]

>> 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

Or simply use ./-i ...

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