How to ping a computer if the computer name starts with dash "-"

Question

How to ping a computer if the computer name starts with dash "-"

Answer 1

On *nix, use a "--" to allow an argument beginning with a dash:

ping -- -funkyhost

(This probably won't help on Windows, though, because Windows command-line parsing is kind of rudimentary)

On another side note, well-formed DNS names are not allowed to start with a hyphen.