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cd -Tmp-

How do I cd to a directory starting with a hypen (-)?

# /var/folders/*whatever*/ has a folder named '-Tmp-'
$ ls
-Caches-/ -Tmp-/ 

# lets try and CD there
$ cd -Tmp-
-bash: cd: -T: invalid option
cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir]

# or maybe make sure its a directory
$ cd -Tmp-/
-bash: cd: -T: invalid option
cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir]

# try and escape the first -
$ cd \-Tmp-
-bash: cd: -T: invalid option
cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir]

# quote it
$ cd '-Tmp-'
-bash: cd: -T: invalid option
cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir]

# double quote it
$ cd "-Tmp-"
-bash: cd: -T: invalid option
cd: usage: cd [-L|-P] [dir]

# escape it in the quotes
$ cd '\-Tmp-'
-bash: cd: \-Tmp-: No such file or directory

# escape it in the double quotes
$ cd "\-Tmp-"
-bash: cd: \-Tmp-: No such file or directory

# try a "./" hack
$ cd ./-Tmp-/

$ echo "WHOOP"
WHOOP

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