Linux Rename File Beginning with "--"

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How do I delete a file whose name begins with “-” (hyphen a.k.a. dash or minus)?

This is an awkward one, I have received some files from a windows machine which have been named things like

"----index.html"

When I try to grep hello * in a directory containing these files I get grep errors and when I try to mv ----index.html index.html there are similar errors:

mv: unrecognized option '----index.html'
Try `mv --help' for more information.

Can anyone shed any light on this?

Thanks

Answer 1

mv -- ----index.html index.html
grep hello -- *

Answer 2

You could use -- before the arguments for your mv command.

Answer 3

You could also use:

mv ./----index.html index.html