GNU bug report logs - #29617
seq: `seq 1 --help' doesn't give help

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: chadweisman <at> nym.hush.com

Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 17:45:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, patch

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From: chadweisman <at> nym.hush.com
To: 29617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#29617: `seq 1 --help' doesn't give help
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2017 12:38:23 -0500
Hello,

I am using coreutils version 8.27 on Fedora, and I don't see this fixed in 8.28's NEWS.

$ seq 1 --help
seq: invalid floating point argument: ‘--help’
Try 'seq --help' for more information.

We should be able to put the options anywhere and not necessarily before any arguments.  And even if not (e.g. POSIX conformance overrides,) --help should be handled specially to conform to the GNU coding standards. [1]

1. https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#g_t_002d_002dhelp

cheers,

Chad.





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