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Still does not really make sense. Because you can still quote the - if ever you had such a file, and most Unix tools have the -- optional only if you would need
by greatgib 5y ago
Still does not really make sense. Because you can still quote the - if ever you had such a file, and most Unix tools have the -- optional only if you would need it. Not systematic!
- chungy 5y agoHow would you quote it, exactly? You have to remember that quotation marks are processed by the shell, not the program. ls -file ls "-file" Both of these commands to ls will have an argv comprised of: ls, -file