Tom Horsley wrote: > On Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:59:09 -0800 > Daniel B. Thurman wrote: > > >> Is this some >> quirkiness in the way command arguments are >> being handled? >> > > No quirkiness. Options start with -, putting quotes around a > string doesn't change the fact that it starts with a -, it > just changes the work the shell does to parse the option before > passing it to the command. I have no idea who is parsing what > when you pass '\-foo' though :-). > > The reliable way to pass anything to most commands is to tell > the command you are done with options and everything else is > a positional argument by using the -- option terminator: > > touch -- -foo > > Naturally, it depends on the command if it interprets -- that > way or not, but 90% of the standard utility commands like > mv, cp, touch, etc do in fact look for --. > > Another technique some people use for things that are filenames > is this: > > touch ./-foo > > Don't some programs interpret -- as stdin? -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
