Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com> writes:

> I suppose I can do this with Emacs dired, but the fact that this is a
> problem at all seems to point to a fundamental issue of the shell. (zsh here)
> (Or my lack of understanding!  Hence this email!)
> 
> But, doesn't this behavior violate The Principle of Least Astonishment?
> 
> 
> Thanks, gang, as usual.  -Mike

To make the zsh understand that -X-... really IS a file name, use this
style of writing : 
	mv ./-X-...  newFileName

The dot - slash is important there :-)
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Hope this helps !
Samuel