Re: Files starting with a dash

[Erich Schroeder <erich@museum.state.il.us>]

Great--so simple, yet so unclear. Reminds me of my first month on a unix 
(sunos) system where it seemed as though every typo turned out to be a 
command that was waiting for further input.

eks

On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Damacus wrote:

> mv -- -name.htm name.htm
> 
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 10:24:32AM -0600, Erich Schroeder wrote:
> > A long time ago some one built a portion of a web site and used file names 
> > that start with a dash "-". I can't get them renamed now. I've tried 
> > 
> > mv \-name.htm name.htm
> > mv "-name.htm" name.htm
> > mv '-name.htm" name.htm
> > mv `-name.htm` name.htm
> > 
> > and the same thing in cp. Each command thinks that the -n is an option. 
> > This must be a FAQ, but I can't find it.
> > 
> > eks
> > 
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Illinois State Museum GIS Lab      email:erich(at)illinois.state.museum
                 http://illinois.state.museum/
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