bug#19604: echo --help does not work

2015-01-16 Thread Bernhard Voelker
On 01/15/2015 04:55 PM, prateek goyal wrote: So even if I execute following command, it gives same result: prateek@prateek-pc:~/Documents/awk$ env POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 echo --help --help That is exactly what Eric said before: POSIX mandates to literally output the string "--help" - which coreut

bug#19604: echo --help does not work

2015-01-15 Thread prateek goyal
So even if I execute following command, it gives same result: env POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 echo --help prateek@prateek-pc:~/Documents/awk$ env POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 echo --help --help Thanks, prateek On 15 January 2015 at 19:39, Eric Blake wrote: > On 01/15/2015 04:36 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > > tag 19

bug#19604: echo --help does not work

2015-01-15 Thread Eric Blake
On 01/15/2015 04:36 AM, Pádraig Brady wrote: > tag 19604 notabug > close 19604 > stop > > 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". >> >> >> prateek@prateek-pc:~/Documents/awk

bug#19604: echo --help does not work

2015-01-15 Thread Pádraig Brady
tag 19604 notabug close 19604 stop 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". > > > prateek@prateek-pc:~/Documents/awk$ echo --help > --help You're actually using your shell's

bug#19604: echo --help does not work

2015-01-15 Thread prateek goyal
Hi, when I try to use --help option with echo command, it does not print help contents, but prints "--help". prateek@prateek-pc:~/Documents/awk$ echo --help --help Version and OS: Linux prateek-pc 3.13.0-32-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jul 15 03:51:08 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux