GNU bug report logs - #50691
pwd: options with "--" (multiple dashes) return bad option

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: william <william <at> parabolas.xyz>

Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 00:26:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#50691: closed (pwd: options with "--" (multiple dashes)
 return bad option)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 02:08:01 +0000

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From: william <william <at> parabolas.xyz>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: pwd: options with "--" (multiple dashes) return bad option
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 16:09:49 -0700

coreutils version 8.32

The commands

    pwd --version

and

    pwd --help

return

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



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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: william <william <at> parabolas.xyz>, L A Walsh <coreutils <at> tlinx.org>
Cc: 50691-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#50691: pwd: options with "--" (multiple dashes) return bad
 option
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 19:07:00 -0700

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.
This bug report was last modified 3 years and 304 days ago.

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