I have file called -l in my directory
now I tried to do
for i in *; do stat -c "%s %n" "$i"; done
it lists all files with sizes but in the middle of the output there is something like
395 koko.pub
stat: invalid option -- 'l'
Try 'stat --help' for more information.
2995974 list.txt
so it can not process -l as normal filename, how do I get desired behavior from stat?
Use ./ before filename:
for i in *; do stat -c "%s %n" "./$i"; done
Or use -- to indicate the end of options for stat:
for i in *; do stat -c "%s %n" -- "$i"; done
Though that one will still fail for a file called - (will report information for the file open on stdin instead of the - file in the current directory).
for i in ./* should also work
Add -- to mark the end of the options to stat:
for i in *; do stat -c "%s %n" -- "$i"; done
Even simpler, rename the file to -_I or simply I without the dash. Simply as a matter of purient curosity WHY did you place a dash in front of the file in the first pplac?
