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make it clear that the last approach does not work. Strike was obscuring the real thing but the current one can be overlooked

edit approved Jun 18, 2015 at 8:17

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Just prefix it with ./:

less ./-

Or use redirection:

less < -

Note that since - (as opposed to -x or --foo-- for instance) is considered a special filename rather than an option, the following doesn't work:

less -- - # THIS DOES NOT WORK

won't work.

Just prefix it with ./:

less ./-

Or use redirection:

less < -

Note that since - (as opposed to -x or --foo-- for instance) is considered a special filename rather than an option,

less -- -

won't work.

Just prefix it with ./:

less ./-

Or use redirection:

less < -

Note that since - (as opposed to -x or --foo-- for instance) is considered a special filename rather than an option, the following doesn't work:

less -- - # THIS DOES NOT WORK

The <strike> obscured the thing you were trying to illustrate. Better wording.

edit approved Jun 17, 2015 at 19:50

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Just prefix it with ./:

less ./-

Or use redirection:

less < -

Note that since - (as opposed to -x or --foo-- for instance) is not considered asa special filename rather than an option, things like:

less -- -

less -- -

won't work..

Just prefix it with ./:

less ./-

Or use redirection:

less < -

Note that since - (as opposed to -x or --foo-- for instance) is not considered as an option, things like:

less -- -

won't work..

Just prefix it with ./:

less ./-

Or use redirection:

less < -

Note that since - (as opposed to -x or --foo-- for instance) is considered a special filename rather than an option,

less -- -

won't work.

added 171 characters in body

edited Jun 17, 2015 at 12:00

Stéphane Chazelas

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Just prefix it with ./:

less ./-

Or use redirection:

less < -

Note that since - (as opposed to -x or --foo-- for instance) is not considered as an option, things like:

less -- -

won't work..

Just prefix it with ./:

less ./-

Or use redirection:

less < -

Just prefix it with ./:

less ./-

Or use redirection:

less < -

Note that since - (as opposed to -x or --foo-- for instance) is not considered as an option, things like:

less -- -

won't work..

sorry, hijacking your answer, probably not worth adding another answer for that.

edited Jun 17, 2015 at 9:27

Stéphane Chazelas

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answered Jun 17, 2015 at 9:19

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