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Re: BUG: echo builtin does not handle -- arguments
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: BUG: echo builtin does not handle -- arguments |
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Mon, 22 Nov 2010 09:13:48 -0500 |
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On 11/22/10 3:33 AM, Марк Коренберг wrote:
> It will be nice if I cat write
> echo -- "$i"
> as many tool, such as grep, use.
Posix specifically says that echo does not honor `--'.
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