Thomas Ribbrock wrote:
>
> <quote>
> GNU rm, like every program that uses the getopt function to
> parse its arguments, lets you use the -- option to indicate
> that all following arguments are non-options. To remove a
> file called `-f' in the current directory, you could type
> either
> rm -- -f
> or
> rm ./-f
> The Unix rm program's use of a single `-' for this purpose
> predates the development of the getopt standard syntax.
> </quote>
>
> So, if I'm right in assuming that Linux uses the GNU rm, the correct
> answer to your initial question would have been: RTFM... ;-)
>
I RTFmvM but did not RTFrmM since I was trying to rename the files :)
You are right though, Linux does use GNU rm and the man page for rm does indeed
speak of the -- option. The mv man page does not :(
Bret
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