From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/14307 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Commands on filenames starting with "-" Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:05:58 +0100 Message-ID: <87vd32ksyx.fsf@member.fsf.org> References: <87bp6emha0.fsf@engels.HistoricalMaterialism.info> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1291998672 960 80.91.229.12 (10 Dec 2010 16:31:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:31:12 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 10 17:31:08 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PR5s9-00087m-PN for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 17:31:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47411 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PR5s9-0001Jh-7r for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:31:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=35500 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PQx3X-0003fe-B6 for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:06:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQx3V-0005mq-VK for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:06:15 -0500 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:59736) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PQx3V-0005mm-MN for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:06:13 -0500 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PQx3U-0003nQ-LF for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:06:12 +0100 Original-Received: from 95-88-32-105-dynip.superkabel.de ([95.88.32.105]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:06:12 +0100 Original-Received: from tassilo by 95-88-32-105-dynip.superkabel.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2010 08:06:12 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 18 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 95-88-32-105-dynip.superkabel.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:o1cDtJ4RK4s3u99+4jbLNAiueg8= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:14307 Archived-At: Haines Brown 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