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Re: The "-" and "--" options (was Re: ${var:1:1:=y})

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From: Ray Andrews <rayandrews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Lawrence Velázquez <vq@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: The "-" and "--" options (was Re: ${var:1:1:=y})
Date: Wed, 04 Feb 2015 17:31:49 -0800
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On 02/04/2015 03:47 PM, Lawrence Velázquez wrote:

As others have opined, expecting "consistency" from any echo(1) is a bad
bet,


Indeed, and as I said, I'm glad I no longer have any expectations there.

% echo - -

Ok, the first hyphen gets eaten, and the next one is literal. Still,shouldn't

single quotes make anything inside them literal?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: The "-" and "--" options (was Re: ${var:1:1:=y})
  - From: Kurtis Rader

References:
- ${var:1:1:=y}
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: ${var:1:1:=y}
  - From: Lawrence Velázquez
- Re: ${var:1:1:=y}
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: ${var:1:1:=y}
  - From: Lawrence Velázquez
- Re: ${var:1:1:=y}
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: ${var:1:1:=y}
  - From: Eric Cook
- The "-" and "--" options (was Re: ${var:1:1:=y})
  - From: Bart Schaefer
- Re: The "-" and "--" options (was Re: ${var:1:1:=y})
  - From: Ray Andrews
- Re: The "-" and "--" options (was Re: ${var:1:1:=y})
  - From: Lawrence Velázquez

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