Linux/Unix question

I created a file named "-123.index" in a folder within my application. Now I tried to open this file with all the tools(commands) I can think of without success. Can anyone tell me how I can view it in Linux/Unix shell?
The commands "cat" and "vi" all treated the file name as an option.

[root@app01 /]# cat "-123.index"
cat: invalid option -- 1
Try `cat --help' for more information.

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• cat -- "-123.index" -butdie- ♂ (101 bytes) () 02/20/2007 postreply 23:25:50

• 你太有才了。 -yahoocc- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/21/2007 postreply 00:29:34

• Thanks! On my system: cat -- '-123.index' -acac- ♂ (0 bytes) () 02/22/2007 postreply 16:13:44