Simple question regarding touch and mv

[Mikkel L. Ellertson]

Roger Heflin wrote:
> 
>>>   
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>> Don't some programs interpret -- as stdin?
>>
>>
>>
> 
> No.
> 
> But some programs do interpret -- as no more options after this.
> 
> so:
> 
> "touch -- -foo" will work as the -- tells touch that there are no
> options after this.
> 
I think it works for almost all command line programs - probably all
the ones written in C. I believe it is build into the library
function that separates out options. ./-foo also works because you
are giving the path, so the - is not seen as an options. (./ = in
current directory.)

Mikkel
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