Howard White <[email protected]> wrote:

> Okay guys, here's a hot one.
> 
> By whatever circumstance, I now have a file named "-b" in a directory.
> 
> I've tried to backslash to move it:
>       mv \-b whatisthis
> 
> I've tried double quotes
>       mv "-b" whatisthis
> 
> I've tried single quotes
>       mv '-b' whatisthis
> 
> I've tried combinations of \ and quotes.
> 
> NOW WHAT???
> 
> Howard

Try mv ./-b xyx
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