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bug#19604: echo --help does not work
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Pádraig Brady |
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bug#19604: echo --help does not work |
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Date: |
Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:36:32 +0000 |
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On 15/01/15 06:20, prateek goyal wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> when I try to use --help option with echo command, it does not print help
> contents, but prints "--help".
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> address@hidden:~/Documents/awk$ echo --help
> --help
You're actually using your shell's echo there.
To use the coreutils one:
env echo --help
To invoke help for the shell builtin in bash you:
help echo
Note newer versions of bash will support $builtin --help,
though I've not tested the echo case which would
introduce a change in behavior.
thanks,
Pádraig.