filenames starting with a '-'

[Jason]

sinck@ugive.com wrote:
> 
> \_ There's a couple different ways to do it:
> \_
> \_ 1) cp -- -001 /wherever
> \_ or
> \_ 2) cp ./-001 /whereever
> 
> 3) cp ?001 /wherever
> 4) cp *01 /wherever
> 
> shell expansions/wildcards are your friends.
> 
> \_ The same format should work with rm and mv too.
> 
> YMMV on different unices passing a --

Shell expansions result in the error:

slick:~$ echo > ./-001
slick:~$ ls -001
/bin/ls: illegal option -- 0
Try `/bin/ls --help' for more information.
slick:~$ cp -001 blah
cp: illegal option -- 0
Try `cp --help' for more information.
slick:~$ cp ?001 blah
cp: illegal option -- 0
Try `cp --help' for more information.
slick:~$ cp ./?001 blah
slick:~$ ls ?001
/bin/ls: illegal option -- 0
Try `/bin/ls --help' for more information.
slick:~$ ls ./-001
./-001


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