Re: rm -- -b

[Jim Meyering]

Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am I to understand that the coreutils all accept an option --, for end
> of options, but that neither the --help, nor the man, nor the info
> document this?

Depends on where you look.
With the latest pre-6.10 coreutils, I see this example:

    $ rm --help|grep -B2 rm.--
    To remove a file whose name starts with a `-', for example `-foo',
    use one of these commands:
      rm -- -foo

It is mentioned in coreutils.info, too.