filename beginning with a hyphen!

[Calum]

help!

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calum@claudia:~$ ls     
-\ suicide\ is\ painless.mp3 
calum@claudia:~$ mv -\ suicide\ is\ painless.mp3 suicide\ is\ painless.mp3
mv: invalid option -- 
Try `mv --help' for more information.


how can i rename this stupid file?

thanks!

[Tux]

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[Void Main]

Two options. Use "--" as your first parameter after "mv" and before your file names. Or just preface the filename with "./". e.g.:

$ mv -- -dashfile nodashfile
$ mv ./-dashfile nodashfile
$ mv /full/path/-dashfile /full/path/nodashfile

[Calum]

thank you. is this -- thing common amongst tools such as mv, ls, cat et cetera?

[Void Main]

My guess is that it would be even though I only use it for "mv" and "rm". Adding a leading path will work for all of them of course.