Or rm -- -abc
The "double-dash" signals "end of options"
On 28/06/2023 16:41, Arsen Arsenović via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
Hi,
LitHack <litha...@gmail.com> writes:
Basically what it doing is that it doesn't recognise (-) this as a file
name part even when using (\-). This bug will work on most of utilities
like cat, cp etc
This is simply how argument parsing and shell syntax work. 'rm \-abc'
is equivalent to just 'rm -abc', which is parsed as 'rm -a -b -c'. To
delete a file with a dash at the start of its name, use 'rm ./-file' and
similar.
Hope that helps, have a lovely day.
--
Chris Elvidge
