bug#15423: error while executing du -shc

[Eric Blake]

tag 15423 notabug
thanks

On 09/20/2013 06:58 AM, Ajeesh B Kannan wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am getting the following error while executing the following command:
> 
>  [/home]# du -shc *

You have a file in your current directory with a name beginning with -.

The usual solutions to this are:

du -shc ./*

or

du -shc -- *

either of which forces the glob to no longer be interpreted as options
(the former by guaranteeing no leading - in file names, the latter by
telling du the end of options and start of filenames).

> 
> Please help me.
> 

This is a FAQ:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/#I-have-a-file-_0027_002df_0027-and-it-affects-rm_002e

I'm closing this as not a bug, but feel free to ask more questions in
this thread as needed.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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