How to create a directory named '-p' under Linux with Bash?

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00:00 How To Create A Directory Named '-P' Under Linux With Bash?
00:22 Answer 1 Score 17
00:33 Accepted Answer Score 39
00:58 Thank you

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ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 39

Most utilities (all POSIX compliant ones except for test and echo) support an "end of options" option --, so you could run:

mkdir -- -p

This is especially useful when renaming or removing files that could potentially start with a dash. In scripts you should always use

mv -- "$filename"

instead of a plain mv "$filename" or, even worse, an unquoted filename.

ANSWER 2

Score 17

mkdir ./-p

Keep in mind that most other programs would need to use the same "trick".