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bug#64326: Some more info about rm bug
From: |
Arsen Arsenović |
Subject: |
bug#64326: Some more info about rm bug |
Date: |
Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:41:13 +0200 |
Hi,
LitHack <lithack0@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.
--
Arsen Arsenović
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