Re: /bin/echo -- $var

[Harald Dunkel]

On 8/14/19 10:23 PM, Stephane Chazelas wrote:
> 2019-08-14 09:28:22 -0700, Kaz Kylheku (Coreutils):
> [...]
> > According to POSIX, echo doesn't take options. It is specified
> > that "Implementations shall not support any options."
> > (We have options, though,  so things are complicated.)
> [...]
>
> The POSIX specification of "echo" is going to change in a future
> version. See: http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1222
> and http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=1222#c4375 for the
> accepted new text.

I see.

IMHO they should have kept the "no args allowed" for echo
("in the late 70s") and should have introduced a new tool
"eecho" instead.


Regards
Harri