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Date:      Tue, 03 Jul 2018 07:42:22 +0000
From:      bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org
To:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   [Bug 229472] man echo misses -e option
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--- Comment #5 from Torsten Zuehlsdorff <tz@freebsd.org> ---
(In reply to Conrad Meyer from comment #4)

> Jamie hits the nail on the head.  And I guess we're already explicit=20
> about this:

I tend to disagree ;)

When using "man alias" for example, we get the builtin manpage. This is true
for every builtin i every tried the last years. "man echo" is the only manp=
age
for an builtin.

Also the statement is not too helpful. While i am able to figure out which
shell i am using: many users are not. Also the builtin manpage itself is not
very helpful. It redirects me to the next manpage of the shell itself (afte=
r g.=20

So my workflow is:
1) man echo=20
2) man builtin
3) man bash

And every manpage is getting more complex and harder to understand. Beside =
the
fact, that its possible to use different echos (if i read the buildin manpa=
ge
correct?).

In conclusion: maybe its fine from a technical point of view. From a user p=
oint
of view it is very confusing.

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