Re: '[ --version' should give output, instead a bash error missing re: missing ']'

From	Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
Newsgroups	gnu.bash.bug
Subject	Re: '[ --version' should give output, instead a bash error missing re: missing ']'
Date	2015-09-22 14:46 -0400
Message-ID	<mailman.1621.1442947622.19560.bug-bash@gnu.org> (permalink)
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On 9/22/15 11:39 AM, Eric Blake wrote:

> Bash has not (yet) implemented support for ANY --options to its
> builtins

Bash-4.4 has --help for all builtins except for a small set listed in
the manual.


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Re: '[ --version' should give output, instead a bash error missing re: missing ']' Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu> - 2015-09-22 14:46 -0400

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