On Mon, 2008-10-20 at 08:04 -0700, Craig White wrote: > I cannot figure this out... > > I would like to change the owner of a bunch of folders whose name begins > with a dash... > > # chown Administrator \-BILLED\ JOBS\ -\ 1997-2002 -R > chown: invalid option -- B > Try `chown --help' for more information. > > # chown Administrator "\-BILLED\ JOBS\ -\ 1997-2002" -R > chown: cannot access `\\-BILLED\\ JOBS\\ -\\ 1997-2002': No such file or > directory > > # chown Administrator "-BILLED JOBS - 1997-2002" -R > chown: invalid option -- B > Try `chown --help' for more information. > > # chown Administrator '-BILLED JOBS - 1997-2002' -R > chown: invalid option -- B > Try `chown --help' for more information. In most cases, putting a single '-' signals the last "flag" and says anything thereafter is a "normal" argument. Give it a try like this. I'm not sure though. chown Administrator - "-BILLED JOBS - 1997-2002" -R I'm unsure of the "-R". If a "flag, move it ahead of the '-'. > > ? > > Craig > <snip sig stuff> HTH -- Bill