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# 8  
Old 11-05-2008
My shell said error with "--"

Invalid option "--"
# 9  
Old 11-05-2008
Yep, not forgetting the *...
# 10  
Old 11-05-2008
I didn't forget the *

Code:
cp [!A-Za-z]* ../backups/other

Outputs:
Quote:
cp: invalid option --
try: 'cp --help' for more information
# 11  
Old 11-05-2008
You don't seem to have -- in your command... are there any files containing that? If so, you can try:

Code:
cp -- [!A-Za-z]* /destination

In that scenario -- means "I'm not going to specify any more options from here on, consider everything else to be filenames". That way filenames that look like options will be handled correctly.
# 12  
Old 11-05-2008
Dude you are the best, I'm bookmarking this topic.
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