On Sun, Nov 30, 2003 at 12:41:44AM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
I occationaly get files with a name beginning with - (minus) on my system. When trying to rename them I get an error that the option does not exist. For example with mv -hello- hello I get an error mv: invalid option -- h Try `mv --help' for more information. Is there a way to do this without resorting to graphical file managers? I tried prepending a \ the the filename but it didn't help.
Use '--' before any filenames, this marks 'end of options'. |[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tempdir$ ls |-hello- |[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tempdir$ mv -- -hello- hello |[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/tempdir$ ls |hello
HTH, Flo
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