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'echo --help' does not work, but manual says it should

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16396: closed ('echo --help' does not work, but manual says
 it should)
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 23:06:02 +0000

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Your message dated Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:05:51 -0700
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and subject line Re: bug#16396: 'echo --help' does not work, but manual says it should
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #16396,
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From: Rena <hyperhacker <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: 'echo --help' does not work, but manual says it should
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 15:50:06 -0500

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$ 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...

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Rena <hyperhacker <at> gmail.com>, 16396-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16396: 'echo --help' does not work, but manual says it should
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2014 16:05:51 -0700

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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
> 
> $ man echo
> [...]
>        --help display this help and exit
> 
>        --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‐
       sedes the version described here.  Please refer to your  shell's
 docu‐
       mentation for details about the options it supports.

But as your followup mentions that you figured that out, I'm closing
this bug.

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