m...@ice.filescope.com wrote:
> The question I have is why couldn't echo have a -- flag? Is it for
> POSIX or some other kind of compatibility reasons?
The reason echo doesn't have it is because it never had it before.
There are really (at least) two different types of echo commands. One
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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
