% mv ./---.dat foo.dat Worth a try, i guess.
Raj ::>-----Original Message----- ::>From: Michael Kraus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::>Sent: Friday, 1 August 2003 10:38 AM ::>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::>Subject: [SLUG] mv ---.dat foo.dat ::> ::> ::>G'day all... ::> ::>If I was wanting to move a file called ---.dat to another name (say ::>foo.dat) - how would I go about it? ::> ::>mv interprets the "-" in the filename as a parameter switch ::>(and as the ::>shell expands wildcards, they are futile) - how do I tell mv that its ::>the file to operate upon? ::> ::> ::>Thanks. ::> ::>Mike ::> ::> ::>-- ::>SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ ::>More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug ::> -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
