[Discuss] How to keep '-' in bash args [Thanks]

[pw]

Alan W. Irwin wrote:

> 
> Peter, along with Noel's suggestions you might also like to try the bash 
> FAQ
> at http://wooledge.org/mywiki/BashFaq. That's a most useful link Barbara
> just discovered the other day as part of her loll.sf.net work.  The Bash 
> FAQ
> is based on frequently asked questions on the channel #bash on the IRC
> network, and it is absolutely loaded with all kinds of interesting bash
> examples.
> 
> Alan

Thanks Alan,

I got that link via the LOLL ATOM feed.
There's some good stuff there.

I really need to bush up on shell programming.
I didn't even realize that shells had 'case' redirection
(getopt, etc., etc.)
these days, until now.
Not that I ever really looked very hard though.

Peter