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Re: "echo" does not follow the "getopt" convention
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: "echo" does not follow the "getopt" convention |
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Tue, 19 Aug 2014 09:40:41 +0200 |
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Peng Yu <pengyu.bio@gmail.com> writes:
> The following shows that echo does not following the "getopt"
> convection.
POSIX requires that:
The echo utility shall not recognize the "--" argument in the manner
specified by Guideline 10 of XBD Utility Syntax Guidelines; "--"
shall be recognized as a string operand.
It also says: New applications are encouraged to use printf instead of
echo.
Andreas.
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