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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From: Rena <hyperhacker <at> gmail.com>
To: 16396 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#16396: '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...

-- 
Sent from my Game Boy.

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