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Re: print built-in doesn't print this.

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From: Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@xxxxxxx>
To: jdh <dhenman@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: zsh-users@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: print built-in doesn't print this.
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2021 14:33:25 -0500
Archived-at: <https://zsh.org/users/27343>
In-reply-to: <20211114111957.4514@sachi>
List-id: <zsh-users.zsh.org>
References: <20211114111957.4514@sachi>

On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, at 2:19 PM, jdh wrote:
> I wanted to insert a string of '-'s to visually show a change in a list.
> But  I found out that
>
>      print "--------"
>
> Does not print anything out. Well maybe a \n.
> Is this intentional?  Or a well known feature?

It's interpreting "--------" as an option.  To print strings that
begin with "-" you can use the common "--" idiom to indicate that
subsequent arguments should not be interpreted as options.

    % print ------

    % print -- ------
    ------

-- 
vq

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