Unix Tip: Terminating Options Processing with --

Sandra Henry-Stocker, ITworld.com

Before we get beyond the topic of working around files and directories with oddball names, there's one more trick that's useful to know about -- how to terminate options processing with "--" (excuse the grammatical pun!). Typing -- within a Unix command essentially tells the shell to stop processing the text in the command line as if it contained command line options. ...continue reading 'Unix Tip: Terminating Options Processing with --'