diff --git a/SC2035.md b/SC2035.md index 40c7c57..2708d4f 100644 --- a/SC2035.md +++ b/SC2035.md @@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ A file named `-f` (`touch -- -f`) will not be deleted by the problematic code. I Using `./*` will instead cause the glob to be expanded into `./-f`, which no program will treat as an option. -Similarly, `--` by convention indicates the end of options, and nothing after it will be treated like flags. +Similarly, `--` by convention indicates the end of options, and nothing after it will be treated like flags (except for some programs possibly still special casing `-` as e.g. stdin). For more information, see "[Filenames and Pathnames in Shell: How to do it Correctly](http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/filenames-in-shell.html)".