On Sun, 4 Mar 2007 15:43:54 ido wrote:
>
> How can I rename and/or delete a file that starts with minus ?
> For example:
>
> mv --test test
>
> will end up with the error:
> mv: unrecognized option `--test'
> Try `mv --help' for more information.
>
> The same error will exists if I'll use the aster
Hello,
Thank you all for the answers. The answer of didi worked for me well.
The others did not (some of them I did try before the posting).
Ido
On 3/4/07, Yedidyah Bar-David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 03:43:54PM +0200, ik wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I rename and/or del
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 03:43:54PM +0200, ik wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I rename and/or delete a file that starts with minus ?
> For example:
>
> mv --test test
In addition to '--' already mentioned, you can
mv ./--test test
This will work with any mv, not only GNU's etc. that accept '--'.
--
From man mv:
POSIX OPTIONS
-- Terminate option list.
-- Shimi
On Sunday 04 March 2007 15:43, ik wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I rename and/or delete a file that starts with minus ?
> For example:
>
> mv --test test
>
> will end up with the error:
> mv: unrecognized option `--test'
> Tr
a. Try to put AFTER all the regular "minus" options a double-dash
("--"), i.e.
mv -v -- oldfile newfile
this tells the command line parser that no options come after the
double-dash.
b. sometimes backslash, or tick, is enough, i.e.
rm -v 'my*file'
or
rm -v my\*file
- Oren
ik wrote:
Hello,
Hello,
How can I rename and/or delete a file that starts with minus ?
For example:
mv --test test
will end up with the error:
mv: unrecognized option `--test'
Try `mv --help' for more information.
The same error will exists if I'll use the asterisk wildcard instead.
Please note that I'm lookin
