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Re: ftp -problem



Oops.  I failed to read closely.  That should be to rename:

  mv -- -foobar foobar

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 05:11:36PM -0500, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> 
> Most *nix commands grok the "--" option, which says there are no more
> options after this.  So you can say
> 
>  rm -- -foobar
> 
> to remove "-foobar"

Cheers,
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