-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to m...@ice.filescope.com on 3/24/2009 9:20 PM: > The question I have is why couldn't echo have a -- flag? Is it for POSIX or > some other kind of compatibility reasons? Is there any easier way to > accomplish what I want other than printf %s\\n "$var"?
You are correct: echo does not parse -- because of POSIX. And POSIX is also explicit that for portability, you are better off using printf than echo. http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/echo.html - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknJrmMACgkQ84KuGfSFAYAKyACdEE0soJAS/QESe0IJb4P+tPAu FwIAnj5EysavtkXtGxPFi8eb9dAkP6Dg =ueDw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
