How can I open a file whose name starts with "-"?

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Published on 2010-03-21T04:58:58Z Indexed on 2010/03/21 5:01 UTC
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I am running Ubuntu, and would like to open a file whose file name starts with "-"(minus). When I try to open the file with pico or vim, the command thinks that the "-" sign is an option for the command.

I tried enclosing the file name with quotes ('), but I still get the same error.

I tried with bash and zsh, but still the same error.

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