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Bug in mv, -- and - prefixes

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Miku <10mkudela <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#24294: closed (Re: bug#24294: Bug in mv, -- and - prefixes)
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 17:29:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#24294: Bug in mv, -- and - prefixes

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Miku <10mkudela <at> gmail.com>, 24294-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#24294: Bug in mv, -- and - prefixes
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:28:39 -0700

Miku wrote:

> When doing "mv * dest_folder" and one of files in directory starts with -- or -
> it sees that as an option.
>
> For instance if one of files is named "-v" or "--version" then "mv *
> dest_folder" would work like "mv -v * dest_folder" and "mv --version"

This is not really a bug in mv, as the shell expands the "*" before invoking mv. 
 To work around the problem, use "mv -- * dest_folder".

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From: Miku <10mkudela <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Bug in mv, -- and - prefixes
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:08:05 +0200

Hello

When doing "mv * dest_folder" and one of files in directory starts with 
-- or - it sees that as an option.

For instance if one of files is named "-v" or "--version" then "mv * 
dest_folder" would work like "mv -v * dest_folder" and "mv --version"

Michał

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