On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 03:16:07PM +0300, Hemmo Nieminen wrote: > Description: > Currently it seems to be impossible to e.g. print "-n" with the > builtin > echo witout any extra characters.
You should use printf instead. The echo command is a historical artifact which cannot be used for general-purpose output. http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/echo.html says: 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. So, in short, the current behavior is mandatory, and you as a shell script writer are best served by moving away from echo to printf.
