Bash print repeated dash char is not working for my with printf

Question

I have been trying to implement printing a line made up of dashes. The most efficient/simple looking answer I found is: top-answer-from-here

Where to print 100 equals you do:

printf '=%.0s' {1..100}

to print 100 underscores you do:

printf '_%.0s' {1..100}

But to print 100 dashes I get an error: invalid option

printf '-%.0s' {1..100}

I have tried to escape the - but then I get 100 "-"':

\-\-\-\-\-\-...etc...

How can I solve this?

Answer 1

Separate arguments using --:

printf -- '-%.0s' {1..100}