From unknown Sun Aug 17 10:27:05 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#7821: Escaping doesn't work in yes Resent-From: Olaf Bossen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:11:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 7821 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 7821@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.129470460932724 (code B ref -1); Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:11:01 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jan 2011 00:10:09 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PcRoO-0008Vj-5s for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:10:09 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PcRBF-0007ao-7q for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:29:41 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PcRIQ-000271-Ko for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:37:07 -0500 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]:54006) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PcRIF-00024i-3m for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:37:06 -0500 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=40073 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PcRHz-0007ac-Uo for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:36:43 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PcRHv-00022a-9a for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:36:36 -0500 Received: from idmailgate3.uzh.ch ([130.60.127.102]:7626) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PcRHu-000220-Sv for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:36:35 -0500 Received: from virus1.uzh.ch (zilnx52.uzh.ch [130.60.127.84]) by idmailgate3.uzh.ch (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.8) with ESMTP id p0ANaT1l026841 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:36:29 +0100 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uzh.ch Received: from idmailgate3.uzh.ch ([130.60.127.102]) by virus1.uzh.ch (virus1.uzh.ch [130.60.127.84]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id n1vXh5hndz4q for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:36:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from [89.206.69.137] (vpn-89-206-69-137.uzh.ch [89.206.69.137]) by idmailgate3.uzh.ch (8.14.3/8.14.3/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id p0ANaN4D026823 for ; Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:36:25 +0100 Message-ID: <4D2B97F7.7090408@physik.uzh.ch> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:36:23 +0100 From: Olaf Bossen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101211 Lightning/1.0b3pre Lanikai/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:10:07 -0500 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) Hello there, I have tried to output a string starting with '-' using the yes program. The info page states: "The only options are a lone `--help' or `--version'. To output an argument that begins with `-', precede it with `--', e.g., `yes -- --help'." So I tried that and it doesn't work. Cheers, Olaf Bossen $ yes '----help' yes: invalid option -- '-' Try `yes --help' for more information. $ yes --version yes (GNU coreutils) 8.7 Packaged by Gentoo (8.7 (p1)) Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later . This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David MacKenzie. I am running Gentoo 64 bit. Some more options: CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" declare -x LANG="C" declare -x LANGUAGE="" glibc version: glibc-2.11.2-r3 From unknown Sun Aug 17 10:27:05 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#7821: Escaping doesn't work in yes Resent-From: Eric Blake Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:22:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7821 X-GNU-PR-Package: coreutils X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: Olaf Bossen Cc: 7821@debbugs.gnu.org Received: via spool by 7821-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7821.12947053054123 (code B ref 7821); Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:22:01 +0000 Received: (at 7821) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Jan 2011 00:21:45 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PcRzd-00014S-AM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:21:45 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PcRzb-00014H-OP for 7821@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:21:44 -0500 Received: from int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.23]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id p0B0T89R021095 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:29:08 -0500 Received: from [10.3.113.124] (ovpn-113-124.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.124]) by int-mx10.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p0B0T7sb028693; Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:29:08 -0500 Message-ID: <4D2BA453.90409@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:29:07 -0700 From: Eric Blake Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101209 Fedora/3.1.7-0.35.b3pre.fc14 Lightning/1.0b3pre Mnenhy/0.8.3 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4D2B97F7.7090408@physik.uzh.ch> In-Reply-To: <4D2B97F7.7090408@physik.uzh.ch> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 OpenPGP: url=http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig0951E2CC50DF670F23B77317" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.68 on 10.5.11.23 X-Spam-Score: -10.2 (----------) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -10.2 (----------) This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig0951E2CC50DF670F23B77317 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 01/10/2011 04:36 PM, Olaf Bossen wrote: >=20 > Hello there, >=20 > I have tried to output a string starting with '-' using the yes program= =2E Thanks for the report; however, this is not a bug in yes. > "The only options are a lone `--help' or `--version'. To output an > argument that begins with `-', precede it with `--', e.g., `yes -- > --help'." Notice how "--" and "--help" are separate arguments in that paragraph. > $ yes '----help' But here, you passed a single argument instead of two arguments. Use "yes -- -" for your desired usage. --=20 Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com +1-801-349-2682 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org --------------enig0951E2CC50DF670F23B77317 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Public key at http://people.redhat.com/eblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJNK6RTAAoJEKeha0olJ0NqvjcH/AhQxtqw3Q+ag5NpKMb1RMeq I/AHI1tlIwdmfAcF/YVk/ufK+etBCs/J5W8/GyqzZOQ4riB/3kBVi61Y/wf0HR/z alGNd+VC+DYB4df53oQ3fkZighHUbUN31fym1tg5uj5dW4lII9fB9TGbUKJOGmVm 9Jo03DH13HvTp5hfB/+IkiJ6sjjku4XpD/uXbS/Uihn7YlaY1SF0cHif257fLEb5 C6V2ewNNG+tgmCBzm4NqAttDPQotFeZq3+IYDgxt6+e7aLkx+h5W9ymyt9e6IE51 fZZduV0te2GUEtmULsaiLaeCK/Z01MylocZCioE+lD6kWBZd1ojx8WpTBDAdegI= =nTGb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig0951E2CC50DF670F23B77317-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Jun 01 15:32:27 2011 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Jun 2011 19:32:27 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QRr9W-0003uN-I2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:32:26 -0400 Received: from mx.meyering.net ([82.230.74.64]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QRr9U-0003u7-Di for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:32:24 -0400 Received: by rho.meyering.net (Acme Bit-Twister, from userid 1000) id D6D9560088; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 21:32:18 +0200 (CEST) From: Jim Meyering To: control@debbugs.gnu.org Subject: notabug Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:32:18 +0200 Message-ID: <87lixl8i0t.fsf@rho.meyering.net> Lines: 3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.0 (------) tags 7821 + notabug close 7821 thanks