On Tue, 2007-08-14 at 20:54 -0400, - Tong - wrote: > Hi, > > How to let command touch to work with irregular file names? > > In my script I have > > touch -r "$file1" "$file2" > > the file1/2 can be anything file, ../path/file, /root/file, etc. > > The problem is when file1/2 are irregular file names. E.g., -test.file1/2. > > I.e., anyway to make the following touch command works? > > $ touch -r "-test.file1" "-test.file2" > touch: invalid date format `est.file2'
How about $ touch -r "./-test.file1" "./-test.file2" Richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
