GNU bug report logs - #13899
Bugs in echo and printf

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Sérgio Coutinho <sealanco <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:01:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

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From: Ruediger Meier <sweet_f_a <at> gmx.de>
To: 13899 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13899: Bugs in echo and printf
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 23:27:20 +0100

On Thursday 07 March 2013, Sérgio Coutinho wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I discovered a few bugs in echo and printf.
>
> echo --help
> echo --version
> printf --help
> printf --version
>
> They all don't work...
>
> Sergio

Probably you are using the shell builtins. Have you tried with full path
/usr/bin/echo --version
/usr/bin/printf --version

cu,
Rudi
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