bug#24294: Bug in mv, -- and - prefixes

[Paul Eggert]

Miku wrote:

> When doing "mv * dest_folder" and one of files in directory starts with -- or -
> it sees that as an option.
>
> For instance if one of files is named "-v" or "--version" then "mv *
> dest_folder" would work like "mv -v * dest_folder" and "mv --version"

This is not really a bug in mv, as the shell expands the "*" before invoking mv. 
 To work around the problem, use "mv -- * dest_folder".