On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Chris Donovan <alienreside...@gmail.com> wrote: >> So the command could be "mv ./-.mxf newname.mxf". > > Another way that you may find handy in the future when using system > utilities is the -- argument eg: "rm -- -filname". The example > removes the file "-filename". The argument -- often signifies end of > arguments, and anything after that is translated as non-arguments to > the command. It's used quite a bit in GNU tools, and I'd guess maybe > more tools.
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