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badc0ffee 34 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Base84 deserves a place in file names

Typically you can use the -- arg to indicate that everything to the right should not be interpreted as a switch.

PhilipRoman 34 days ago | [–]

and for programs that don't respect this convention ./--file

IsTom 34 days ago | [–]

Yes, but typically people are not doing this on every command and if you're globbing files it'll get used as flag.

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