How can I grep symbols like "minus": -
 

Hello, I'm not that newbie to linux but I haven't found a way to grep minus symbol (or any other symbols that might suggest a console command).

For example:
A directory called abc, with subdirectories called: abc-a, def-a, ghi-a, jkl-a, and etc...

If i want to list only the directories that finish with "-a" I might do:
$ ls | grep -a

But sintax -a might be an option switch or something, so it won't let me use it with grep.

How can I grep those directories?

1. Quote AND/OR escape (that \ is the escape character)
or
2. Use flag "--" to stop switch parsing

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Nice, thanks dude...

Please mark as SOLVED once you have a solution.

Use "--" to stop option parsing.

Also, to find all files ending with "-a" it might be better just to use "ls *-a" instead.