bug#64326: Some more info about rm bug

[Chris Elvidge]

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 <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.


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Chris Elvidge