On 09:34 13 Nov 2002, Robert P. J. Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Willem van der Walt<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > [...] rm -- --multi [...] | > | > Thanks! | > It worked. | > I would like to understand why it works though. | | by default, most unix/linux commands will treat anything | starting with a "-" as an option string. however, the | magic token "--" tells the command that all the rest | of the command is to be treated strictly as arguments. | | this trick works not just with "rm", but most commands.
It is worth mentioning that even for commands that don't honour the use of "--" as an "end of options" marker you merely have to use another name for your file which doesn't start with a dash. Like "./--multi". That will work with _any_ command. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ When you're all dressed up and no place to go. - B.H. Burt (19th cent) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
