From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jan 07 16:01:22 2014 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jan 2014 21:01:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41545 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dm5-0002qs-HE for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:01:22 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43649) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dbc-0002Y8-Fd for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:50:33 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dbb-0000Pb-FX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:50:32 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM, HTML_MESSAGE,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:60868) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dbb-0000PX-Bb for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:50:31 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45370) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dba-0007h3-3s for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:50:30 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dbZ-0000P7-BR for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:50:30 -0500 Received: from mail-qc0-x22f.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c01::22f]:39511) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1W0dbY-0000No-S6 for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 15:50:28 -0500 Received: by mail-qc0-f175.google.com with SMTP id n7so651124qcx.6 for ; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:50:26 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=FauZLjrvct663+9zApF64/noPGoKd9xT83fliiNiMkg=; b=SndE2uj6npsrsv4kHuVrgksgeX3nrWIyaPSFg4UUUIZZuB4BaM0pNpJbEF2d0d75LG TvJ9m+a4KSKW56bmIK5Z0yihj6qPstd239ToUd+dSucuiQgtFh9pY1NTFbMpvI4fV7i7 Vzceavl2DEJMWISnkmhDE4FttZy0CF4rGjpc6h06MKSp7ZWojv/e5gl/FhUfN2yjMnQH Rr1BgR8wcknhtnyWcNWzCsK/KqjckKFQnkfldgJ4oJu3gH0W3l7hEzu9yzNamn+ov7h7 sXGLmO2AGrAIf4jAyI91vSMXFEc3/EWCx2hRmJeNU18NQ3QTDVkHMICt7n5Xbo+DgrGP 2mZQ== X-Received: by 10.49.35.112 with SMTP id g16mr201242839qej.13.1389127826095; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:50:26 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.96.170.198 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 12:50:06 -0800 (PST) From: Rena Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 15:50:06 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: 'echo --help' does not work, but manual says it should To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b676f7c9f4bdb04ef67866d X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:01:20 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -4.0 (----) --047d7b676f7c9f4bdb04ef67866d Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 $ uname -a Linux guilmon 3.11.0-13-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 07:38:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux $ man echo [...] --help display this help and exit --version output version information and exit [...] $ echo --help --help $ echo --version --version One of these is wrong... -- Sent from my Game Boy. --047d7b676f7c9f4bdb04ef67866d Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
$ uname -a
Linux guilmon 3.11.0-13-generic #20-Ubu= ntu SMP Wed Oct 23 07:38:26 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

= $ man echo
[...]
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --help display this help and exit=

=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 --version
=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 output version information and exit=
[...]

$ echo --help
--help

$ echo --version
--versi= on

One of these is wrong...

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--047d7b676f7c9f4bdb04ef67866d-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jan 07 16:03:31 2014 Received: (at 16396) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jan 2014 21:03:31 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41550 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W0doA-0002uo-KO for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:03:30 -0500 Received: from mail-qc0-f179.google.com ([209.85.216.179]:41508) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W0do8-0002uf-Kx for 16396@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:03:29 -0500 Received: by mail-qc0-f179.google.com with SMTP id i8so705430qcq.10 for <16396@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:03:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=QJjBsNHBw+mQ2ab5f28F9bYJXq0cFoP022LQTpk+VI8=; b=e8gZtdKj+Jng3AydCQ5o+fSRt6h32rpUz9xHTGPrU9sgRRCekqvDOTnYp78Xvo8zUr e4bYN8RInsM8wjQ5Os/z9uiXbnPYCfJfioRiM3jXMAvITZh7ci2Plwq/q0oE47FDPIA2 s+RR5hPuaZvXTPq49RMDkYuWbwXPHCL32t0j73GyEBencGjl82wWREOu/9IM1M/5Kshe zoM/ijsARj8jxvJ+HHI/h8s7su9ykU9UIXXeKy5uVpFRsOVqJqHLa38iqnwbkHHTRkd0 uBMrYge4hiqYbNjIn4cgI4NbUa6DP6ioAFzUdYJRO4JC6eu04k0MBgoP60IIt0/qulNK ISVA== X-Received: by 10.224.130.70 with SMTP id r6mr155584462qas.84.1389128607968; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:03:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.96.170.198 with HTTP; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 13:03:07 -0800 (PST) From: Rena Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 16:03:07 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: derp To: 16396@debbugs.gnu.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c2ccb839bbc504ef67b50e X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 16396 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.7 (/) --001a11c2ccb839bbc504ef67b50e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Nevermind, I'm a dummy and forgot bash has its own `echo` built in. -- Sent from my Game Boy. --001a11c2ccb839bbc504ef67b50e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
Nevermind, I'm a dummy and forgot bash has its own `echo` built in.

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--001a11c2ccb839bbc504ef67b50e-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Jan 07 18:05:57 2014 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 7 Jan 2014 23:05:57 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41643 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W0fie-0007a1-6E for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:05:56 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:39547) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1W0fib-0007Zl-Fy; Tue, 07 Jan 2014 18:05:54 -0500 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s07N5qZ2020369 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 7 Jan 2014 18:05:52 -0500 Received: from [10.3.113.2] ([10.3.113.2]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s07N5ppA025439; Tue, 7 Jan 2014 18:05:51 -0500 Message-ID: <52CC884F.1010503@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:05:51 -0700 From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.2.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rena , 16396-done@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: Re: bug#16396: 'echo --help' does not work, but manual says it should References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 1.6 OpenPGP: url=http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="uUS2tKSUe7VxeR3b7eivPVNwka2olGV3o" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.23 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --uUS2tKSUe7VxeR3b7eivPVNwka2olGV3o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable tag 16396 notabug thanks On 01/07/2014 01:50 PM, Rena wrote: > $ uname -a > Linux guilmon 3.11.0-13-generic #20-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 23 07:38:26 UTC = 2013 > x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux >=20 > $ man echo > [...] > --help display this help and exit >=20 > --version > output version information and exit > [...] You elided this part of the man page... NOTE: your shell may have its own version of echo, which usually super=E2=80=90 sedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's docu=E2=80=90 mentation for details about the options it supports. But as your followup mentions that you figured that out, I'm closing this bug. --=20 Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --uUS2tKSUe7VxeR3b7eivPVNwka2olGV3o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJSzIhPAAoJEKeha0olJ0Nq+BcH/2Nr4CKrLVvt6FKPE7WkTcVz 0P7Jxp6uTeMh9qO42pQfyRko4EWwTDNhmRkm2ylQ6IeCHPS02z5hrVtOF5dxoZmD 8CvIUCNitfkNdZIoKxm3AFoS0oh89GDbIhIifabFnZCzpi4BGLQhuV2R2HeQ5Y4H mlEL7chw22giTiD3Wnvf2D+pguNtamDUxxMPEx6CDElbtnWLYSKYkemAe3zuUFYB ira9Pd0MU3alRP5jCpOneuSeiuONl6P+HFEMRhDmatqDQq+d1SzzWWuliv8zN40P uWzdxMoL1qj3oGrBlqpui9HS08zDjGb+nZc1b67T+i9bOzEVdA9H9i79pskXitA= =KDgU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uUS2tKSUe7VxeR3b7eivPVNwka2olGV3o-- From unknown Sat Sep 13 01:26:55 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:24:05 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator