Roger Heflin wrote: > >>> >> >> Don't some programs interpret -- as stdin? >> >> >> > > No. > > But some programs do interpret -- as no more options after this. > > so: > > "touch -- -foo" will work as the -- tells touch that there are no > options after this. > I think it works for almost all command line programs - probably all the ones written in C. I believe it is build into the library function that separates out options. ./-foo also works because you are giving the path, so the - is not seen as an options. (./ = in current directory.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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