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


From: Reuti
Subject: bug#24294: Bug in mv, -- and - prefixes
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:29:13 +0200

Hi,

Am 23.08.2016 um 19:08 schrieb Miku:

> Hello
> 
> 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"

You can switch if off by -- as an option, i.e.:

$ mv -- --foo -bar

The -- ends the list of options and works with `touch`, `rm` and others too.

-- Reuti




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