On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 10:29:05 -0400 Chet Ramey wrote: > On 9/19/25 9:55 AM, pourko wrote: > > Not *some*, they all return error code 2. > > And, I don't see anything "invalid" about --help.
> So this is the bug report? That the builtins that accept --help (some > builtins are documented as not accepting any options) do not return 0? No, it most certainly is not. It was Andreas Kähäri who brought things like "invalid" options, and "documentation". I was replying to him. > > Then maybe they should. Both /bin/[ and /bin/echo support "--help". > This is a bad idea, and certainly not universal. I agree, this is a bad idea. Again, I was replying to Andreas, who was playing "devil's advocate". To rephrase my original posting: Commands that do support "--help", they usually exit with return code 0. Wouldn't it be more reasonable if our builtins behaved the same way? Pourko
