GNU bug report logs - #64326
Bug in rm command

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: LitHack <lithack0 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 14:51:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chris Elvidge <celvidge001 <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64326: Some more info about rm bug
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 18:33:07 +0100

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 <at> 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
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