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Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag |
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Mon, 17 Aug 2020 11:18:18 -0400 |
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On 8/16/20 12:21 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
> POSIX says this one is implementation-defined; so whether -n is treated as
> an option or as a string to echo has to be documented by the implementation
> (bash documents treating it as an option).
It's not technically an option; it's a first operand that is treated
specially.
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