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Re: bug in echo
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Eric Blake |
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Re: bug in echo |
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Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:02:13 -0700 |
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According to habib kassem on 2/23/2010 5:48 AM:
> Hello,
> when using echo I found the following bug:
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> echo "-n"
> echo "-e"
> echo "-E"
> echo -e "-e"
Not a bug. POSIX itself states that echo is inherently non-portable when
given any arguments that start with - or which contain \. You are better
off using printf. See also this thread, earlier this month:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2010-02/msg00115.html
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