Subject: bug#50691: closed (Re: bug#50691: pwd: options with "--" (multiple dashes) return bad option)

From: [email-masked] (GNU bug Tracking System)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 02:08:01 +0000

Your bug report

#50691: pwd: options with "--" (multiple dashes) return bad option

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

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Subject: Re: bug#50691: pwd: options with "--" (multiple dashes) return bad option
From: Paul Eggert <[email-masked]>
To: william <[email-masked]>, L A Walsh <[email-masked]>
Cc: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:07:00 -0700
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On 9/19/21 6:22 PM, william wrote:
> Do you know why command is necessary for it to recognize the option?

Without 'command', you're using the builtin shell command rather than 
coreutils pwd.

Closing the bug report, as this isn't a coreutils bug.

Subject: pwd: options with "--" (multiple dashes) return bad option
From: william <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:09:49 -0700
List-Id: <debbugs-submit.debbugs.gnu.org>

coreutils version 8.32

The commands

    pwd --version

and

    pwd --help

return

    pwd: bad option: -v
    pwd: bad option: -h