Re: bug with 'test'

[Paul Eggert]

The Wanderer <address@hidden> writes:

> Hmm. Speaking of echo and its requirements, is there any way to have it
> print '-n', '-e' or '-E' in an instance where they are not preceded on
> the line by anything which is not a recognized option?

That's how coreutils echo already behaves, in the latest version.

> is there any
> reason why 'mv' does not have a --preserve option, comparable to that of
> 'cp'?

Sorry, I'm a bit lost.  What would mv --preserve do differently than
mv already does?