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Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 10:51:17 -0500 (EST)
From: "David E. Cross" <dec@phoenix.its.rpi.edu>
To: Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: Why doesn't /bin/echo use getopt?
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On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, J Wunsch wrote:

> 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)?


The same way you rm(1) a file named -rf/?
rm -- -rf/

for echo:
echo -- -n\n

That would work with getopt(3).

--
David Cross
ACS Consultant