Deleting a file where the first character in name is a '-'

[Mark Knecht]

Rick Stevens wrote:
> 
> Actually, the best way is the "--" option.  This works on most basic
> commands (cp, rm, mv, ls, etc.).  "--" is a special flag that says "this
> is the end of the options...the remainder are parameters".

I have a friend who always sends me commands to run Wine this way:

wine -- Win-prog.exe

Never knew why.

Thanks!