Bug 102621

Not a bug, kernel or otherwise.  You're simply seeing mkdir & touch interpret "-t" as an option.  Preface with "./" to avoid this:

[sandeen@sandeen ~]$ mkdir ./-testdir
[sandeen@sandeen ~]$ cd ./-testdir
[sandeen@sandeen -testdir]$ pwd
/home/sandeen/-testdir
[sandeen@sandeen -testdir]$ touch ./-test
[sandeen@sandeen -testdir]$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-rw-r--. 1 sandeen sandeen 0 Aug 10 12:34 -test

Hi Eric,thanks for explaining this,it works now

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2015년 8월 10일 (월) 오후 6:38, <bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org>님이 작성:

> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102621
>
>             Bug ID: 102621
>            Summary: Directory name or file name staring with '-' cannot be
>                     handled through command line,i.e.,terminal
>            Product: File System
>            Version: 2.5
>     Kernel Version: 3.16.7-21-desktop
>           Hardware: All
>                 OS: Linux
>               Tree: Mainline
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: normal
>           Priority: P1
>          Component: ext2
>           Assignee: fs_ext2@kernel-bugs.osdl.org
>           Reporter: saptarshinag620@gmail.com
>         Regression: No
>
> Firstly,one cannot create a directory or a file through command-line with
> its
> name starting with '-'. That is one cannot give command like 'mkdir -test'
> or
> 'touch -test' where '-test' is the directory name and file name
> respectively.But in other way,one can easily create or work with such
> directory
> or file in GUI,but that file or directory cannot be accessed or handled
> through
> command-line.It has been tested in Suse Linux and Ubuntu,maybe it is
> universal
> bug for linux
>
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(In reply to Eric Sandeen from comment #1)
> Not a bug, kernel or otherwise.  You're simply seeing mkdir & touch
> interpret "-t" as an option.  Preface with "./" to avoid this:

One can also use '--' to stop parsing for options, e.g.,

$ touch -- -test

$ mkdir -- -test-dir

$ ls -1d -- -test*
-test
-test-dir

(Note that this bug is five years old, and was closed years ago.  The only reason why it got activity recently is because a spammer tried to upload a malware / phishing attachment to kernel bugzilla.)