Subject: Re: bug#64326: Some more info about rm bug

From: Bernhard Voelker <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 23:02:03 +0200

tag 64326 notabug
close 64326
stop

On 6/28/23 19:33, Chris Elvidge wrote:
 > On 28/06/2023 16:41, Arsen Arsenović via GNU coreutils Bug Reports wrote:
 >> Hi,
 >>
 >> LitHack <[email-masked]> 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.

 > Or rm -- -abc
 >
 > The "double-dash" signals "end of options"

And finally: FAQ #11 - #13:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#How-do-I-remove-files-that-start-with-a-dash_003f

I'm hereby closing this issue as not-a-bug.

Have a nice day,
Berny