[ale] mv a file that starts with - ?

[ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com (Jim Lynch)]

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> All,
>
> I have a bunch of files/directories that I encrypt via encfs.
>
> I want to mv the encrypted files from one location to another.
>
> Not too hard, except one of the files starts with - and mv is taking
> it as an invalid argument.
>
> I've forgotten if there is a workaround for this or not.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
>
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A couple of possibilities come to mind.  Try referring to the file as 
./-xyz.  Also some commands will stop processing at a double dash, e. 
g.   rm -rf -- -dumbfilename

Jim.