escaping filenames

[Joseph C. Lininger]

If the program supports getopt for option processing, then using "--" before
the first argument will allow it to work. For example:

mv -- -filename.mp3 filename.mp3
--
Joseph C. Lininger
jbahm at pcdesk.net
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From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com>
To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 7:14 PM
Subject: escaping filenames


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> Hi all. I have some mp3s here that have -'s at the beginning of the
filename for some reason. Does anyone know how I would go about escaping so
the -'s get ignored? Thanks!
> - -- 
> Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
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