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Good answer, but readers should note that -- is only supported by the GNU tools. Don't expect it to work on BSD.

Zan Lynx
– Zan Lynx

2012-01-09 21:23:18 +00:00
Commented Jan 9, 2012 at 21:23
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To reiterate what Zan said, -- is not a shell feature, it's a feature of rm and many other GNU tools. Not all tools support it, so Tim's answer is more portable, across Unix systems and across utilities.

Flimm
– Flimm

2012-01-12 18:20:30 +00:00
Commented Jan 12, 2012 at 18:20

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