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Re: echo --version bug
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: echo --version bug |
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30 Oct 2003 22:52:27 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 |
Josiah Ritchie <address@hidden> writes:
> I've got a version of echo on Gentoo in which the man pages report
> --version option, but when issued on the commandline, I get the
> string --version instead of the version information.
Are you sure you're running /bin/echo? The Bash builtin echo behaves
the way that you describe. POSIX doesn't allow "echo --version"
to output a version number, so there's some justification for the
Bash behavior.