From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com ([24.93.47.43]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BvTp0-00041N-00 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:37:42 -0400 Received: from tomass (cs24328-50.austin.rr.com [24.243.28.50]) by ms-smtp-04.texas.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id i7D4bdt1016293 for ; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:37:40 -0500 (CDT) Received: from stivers_t by tomass with local (Exim 4.34) id 1BvTox-0002uu-Nc for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:37:39 -0500 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 23:37:39 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Message-ID: <20040813043739.GD14593@tomass.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20040813011442.GA29516@lava-net.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040813011442.GA29516@lava-net.com> X-Request-PGP: http://tomass.dyndns.org/~stivers_t/pubkey.asc X-Uptime: 4 weeks 4 days 4 hours 38 minutes 56 seconds User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040803i From: Thomas Stivers X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: Re: escaping filenames X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:37:42 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Aug 12 2004 at 09:14:42PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote: > Hi all. I have some mp3s here that have -'s at the beginning of the filename for some reason. Does anyone know how I would go about escaping so the -'s get ignored? Thanks! > -- With most commands you can indicate that there are no more options with "--" before the filename. If that doesn't work then refer to it more specifically with ./filename. HTH - -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan Thomas Stivers e-mail: stivers_t@tomass.dyndns.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBHEWT5JK61UXLur0RAvzlAJ9HVZlSXsuzlW4dy4xoWxsjaBNaOACfQ9dn Uv6YNGfZ4quG4ePHxPEtCQo= =v8l6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----