title: Bash: echo string that starts with "-"
body: <pre><code>VAR="-e xyz"
  echo $VAR
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This prints <code>xyz</code>, for some reason. I don't seem to be able to find a way to get a string to start with <code>-e</code>.</p>
  
  <p>What is going on here?</p>