GNU bug report logs - #16396
'echo --help' does not work, but manual says it should

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Rena <hyperhacker <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 21:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 16396-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

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.

-- 
Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org


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