Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: echo builtin doesn't handle end-of-options flag
Date	2020-08-17 11:20 -0400
Organization	ITS, Case Western Reserve University
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On 8/16/20 12:26 PM, Eli Schwartz wrote:

> Err...
> 
> "Implementations shall not support any options."

Yes, that's why the -n/-E/-e aren't described as options -- that would
turn on the special `--' processing -- but as first operands that enable
special treatment.

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