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Old 11-05-2006, 06:18 PM   #1
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How to cd into dir starting with hyphen?

I didn't find a hint from man page. Is it even possible? I have directory starting with -- in my NTFS partition.
 
Old 11-05-2006, 06:30 PM   #2
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cd -- --test
 
Old 11-05-2006, 09:59 PM   #3
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Try enclosing the directory with ""
 
  


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