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What does the -- option do? I haven't encountered that before.

• QuercusMax 11y ago
  It means "everything past here should not be parsed as a - or -- flag". If you have a file named "-l", then ls -- -l will show you that file, instead of doing a long listing.
  • cyphar 11y ago
    It should be noted that not all flag parsers support it. But most people use getopt so it's not a big deal.
  • fnbr 11y ago
    Thanks- that's really useful.