use "--" to terminate argument parsing: > insert -- row cf cq -1
-Eric On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 8:17 PM, David Medinets <[email protected]> wrote: > As background, I was trying to add a negative number to a table with a > SummingCombiner. Does this issue exist in v1.6? I don't have an instance > running at the moment. > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 7:16 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> tbh, my gut reaction was calling it a limitation of the current shell. >> >> >> On 10/22/13 4:07 PM, Billie Rinaldi wrote: >>> >>> I tried the hex, but it still interprets it as an option. I'm trying to >>> decide if this dash issue is actually a bug, or a limitation of the >>> shell, since it mixes flagged parameters and positional parameters. >>> Maybe we could look into interpreting hex after the options are parsed, >>> but I don't recall how that's done offhand. >>> >>> On Oct 22, 2013 6:14 PM, "Christopher" <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> You might be able to specify the dash/minus sign with its hex >>> equivalent: >>> >>> insert row cf cq \x2D1 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Christopher L Tubbs II >>> http://gravatar.com/ctubbsii >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 10:03 AM, David Medinets >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > I just tried to do this: >>> > >>> > insert "row" "cf" "cq" -1 >>> > >>> > The negative sign is being interpreted as an "unrecognized >>> option". There >>> > does not appear a workaround but perhaps I'm missing something? >>> >
