Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 11:50:07 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why doesn't /bin/echo use getopt? Message-ID: <19971109115007.JB56482@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <19971108175832.31362@jraynard.demon.co.uk>; from James Raynard on Nov 8, 1997 17:58:32 %2B0000 References: <25358.879002601@axl.iafrica.com> <19971108175832.31362@jraynard.demon.co.uk>
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As James Raynard wrote: > Because it's supposed to repeat its arguments instead of parse them? > (with the exception of -n, of course). Tough question: how do you echo a "-n\n" then (without using printf(1), of course)? -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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