Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

On 8/16/20 12:21 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > POSIX says this one is implementation-defined; so whether -n is treated as > an option or as a string to echo has to be documented by the implementation > (bash documents treating it as an option). It's not technically an option; it's a first operand that

Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

On 8/16/20 12:26 PM, Eli Schwartz wrote: > Err... > > "Implementations shall not support any options." Yes, that's why the -n/-E/-e aren't described as options -- that would turn on the special `--' processing -- but as first operands that enable special treatment. -- ``The lyf so short, the c

Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

On 8/16/20 12:20 PM, Eli Schwartz wrote: > >> Bash Version: 5.0 >> Patch Level: 18 >> Release Status: release >> > bash does accept -n, -e, -E in violation of POSIX, unless shopt -s shopt > -s xpg_echo is set, That's not a POSIX violation. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' -

Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

On Aug 16, 2020, at 12:21 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > I see nothing in your report about bash disobeying POSIX, but rather > confusion on your part about what POSIX actually requires. I didn't say it violated POSIX. My expectations were set by the Bash Manual, which describes the behavior I'm expe

Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

On 8/16/20 11:20 AM, Eli Schwartz wrote: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/echo.html echo does not accept options, and is not permitted to accept options including "--". bash does accept -n, -e, -E in violation of POSIX, unless shopt -s shopt -s xpg_echo is set, but it

Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

On 8/16/20 12:21 PM, Eric Blake wrote: > On 8/16/20 10:47 AM, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > >> Description: >> The echo builtin accepts options, but does not seem to handle >> `--` correctly as the end of options. > > The correct behavior for echo is described here: > https://pubs.ope

Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

Hello Todd, Eric Cook wrote: > This is an intentional relic of the past, you really should use printf. See https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/echo.html#tag_20_37_18 BTW/1: Because of this /bin/echo behaves the same way in most Linux distribution. BTW/2: echo -n -n$'

Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

On 8/16/20 11:47 AM, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: x86_64 > OS: darwin19.5.0 > Compiler: clang > Compilation CFLAGS: -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security > uname output: Darwin titan.local 19.6.0 Darwin Ke

Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

On 8/16/20 10:47 AM, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: Description: The echo builtin accepts options, but does not seem to handle `--` correctly as the end of options. The correct behavior for echo is described here: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/echo.html "T

Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

On 8/16/20 11:47 AM, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: darwin19.5.0 Compiler: clang Compilation CFLAGS: -DSSH_SOURCE_BASHRC -Wno-parentheses -Wno-format-security uname output: Darwin titan.local 19.6.0 Darwin Kernel Versi