Re: how to rename files beginning with -

[Gordon Messmer]

Bret Hughes wrote:
> some program, gphoto I think, named a bunch of files -004.jpg -005.jpg
...
> past this is NOT an option but I cannot find it if it exists.  How can I
> rename these files?

prefix the name with -- 

mv -- -004.jpg 004.jpg
rm -- -005.jpg

MSG


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