[GROOVY-656] Can't pass negative arguments to script (because of the minus sign)

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.0-beta-6
• Fix Version/s: 1.0-beta-7
• Component/s: command line processing
• Environment: Windows 2000
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jonathan Aquino
• Created: 16/Oct/04 17:01
• Updated: 10/Dec/04 05:36
• Resolved: 10/Dec/04 05:36

Description

1. Create this groovy script and name it "x.groovy":

print args[0]

2. Execute this command:

groovy x.groovy -5 7

We expect "-5" to be printed, but "7" is printed. I guess groovy is treating -5 as an argument to groovy. But it comes after the script filename.