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sinck@ugive.com wrote:
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\_ > \_ There's a couple different ways to do it:
\_ > \_
\_ > \_ 1) cp -- -001 /wherever
\_ > \_ or
\_ > \_ 2) cp ./-001 /whereever
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\_ > 3) cp ?001 /wherever
\_ > 4) cp *01 /wherever
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\_ > shell expansions/wildcards are your friends.
\_ >
\_ > \_ The same format should work with rm and mv too.
\_ >
\_ > YMMV on different unices passing a --
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\_ Shell expansions result in the error:
Doh. Yeah. My bad. YMMV when you've been hacking too long and think
it's a good time to answer mail.
On the bright side, at least there were no suggestions of trying to
use rm on the ever popular "-rf *" file.
David
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