Re: sh --

--- Bob Booth - UIUC <booth@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Wed, May 24, 2006 at 05:45:45PM +0800, Rick
wrote:
Hello,
I saw a process, sh -- ./start, in my AIX
server. could someone tell me
what does the "--" mean? Much thanks!

As long as '-' or '--' is the first operand, it does
nothing and is ignored.

bob


the double dash (--) tells the command that the last
option was entered, for example if you are looking for
the "-e" sequence on a group of files you would use...

grep -- -e <files>

with the -- grep knows that -e is not an option to it
but the actual string to look for.

regards,
enrique.


Enrique Sanchez Vela
email: esanchezvela@xxxxxxxxx
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