[bug #31736] grep chokes on filenames starting "--" (minus-minus)

[anonymous]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?31736>

                 Summary: grep chokes on filenames starting "--"
(minus-minus)
                 Project: grep
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Mon 22 Nov 2010 11:22:41 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

When grep strikes a filename starting "--" (minus-minus), it tries to
interpret it as a META OPTION and fails-exits for "unknown option". Since such
filenames are perfectly legal grep should instead skip and continue (at least.




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