Re:Unix Wildcards Gone Wild
by JadeNB on Monday August 18, 2014 @04:38PM
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> So because other people may or may not forget it, I shouldn’t use it in my scripts/day-to-day usage?
He specifically mentions that that is not his point, but rather that he is arguing against exactly the sort of "just use '--'" response that one can find in this post:
> Do feel free to use “--” between options and pathnames, when you can do it, as an additional protective measure. But using “--” as your primary (or only) mechanism for dash-prefixed filenames is bad idea.
He specifically mentions that that is not his point, but rather that he is arguing against exactly the sort of "just use '--'" response that one can find in this post:
> Do feel free to use “--” between options and pathnames, when you can do it, as an additional protective measure. But using “--” as your primary (or only) mechanism for dash-prefixed filenames is bad idea.