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On 6/28/23 19:33, Chris Elvidge wrote:
> On 28/06/2023 16:41, Arsen Arsenović via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> LitHack writes:
>>
>>> Basically what it doing is that it doesn't recognise (-) this as a file
>>> name part even when using (\-).
Or rm -- -abc
The "double-dash" signals "end of options"
On 28/06/2023 16:41, Arsen Arsenović via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
Hi,
LitHack writes:
Basically what it doing is that it doesn't recognise (-) this as a file
name part even when using (\-). This bug will work on most of
Hi,
LitHack writes:
> Basically what it doing is that it doesn't recognise (-) this as a file
> name part even when using (\-). This bug will work on most of utilities
> like cat, cp etc
This is simply how argument parsing and shell syntax work. 'rm \-abc'
is equivalent to just 'rm -abc',
Basically what it doing is that it doesn't recognise (-) this as a file
name part even when using (\-). This bug will work on most of utilities
like cat, cp etc
Thanks and regards
There is bug in rm command by which we can not delete a special file with
dash(-) in front of them.
Like rm -file, rm "-file" will not delete the file (-file)
