In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Pietro Gagliardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The ultimate echo, actually useful, but no one wants it.
>
>NAME
> echo: echo arguments
>SYNOPSIS
> echo [-1abCDEeilmNnOqrtuVvwXx] [-B base] [-c cmd] [-d char] [-f
>file] [-L len] [-o file] [-S voice] [-s char] [args...]
>DESCRIPTION
> echo outputs its arguments. It takes the following switches:
You missed a few things in this shudderingly horrible
version of echo:
1) no long options, which you need so you can have
the --copyright and --version options.
2) no roman numeral output.
Fortunately, I have no self-respect and some spare time,
so when I implemented this gem of design minimalism I
put those horrible omissions in.
http://www.pell.portland.or.us/~orc/Code/secho/
I would have used the horrible FSF autoconfigure code,
but it turns out that I've got some remaining standards.
-david "share and enjoy!" parsons
