On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, r3b3l wrote:
>
> Hi! I would like to know if this i encountered is really a bug or i'm i
> just doing something wrong? i'm kind off a newbie with linux, so sory if
> i ask some silly question or if i am just doing it all wrong.
> I am running mandrake linux 10.1 and the pwd --version command doesen't
> work. It just prints the following:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] r3b3l]$ pwd --version
> bash: pwd: --: invalid option
> pwd: usage: pwd [-PL]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] r3b3l]$
>
> With pwd --help the same happens:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] r3b3l]$ pwd --help
> bash: pwd: --: invalid option
> pwd: usage: pwd [-PL]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] r3b3l]$
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ /usr/local/bin/pwd --version
pwd (GNU coreutils) 5.3.0
Written by Jim Meyering.
[snip]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ /usr/local/bin/pwd --help
Usage: /usr/local/bin/pwd [OPTION]
Print the full filename of the current working directory.
--help display this help and exit
--version output version information and exit
Report bugs to <bug-coreutils@gnu.org>.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ pwd --version
bash: pwd: --: invalid option
pwd: usage: pwd [-PL]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ pwd --help
bash: pwd: --: invalid option
pwd: usage: pwd [-PL]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ which pwd
/usr/local/bin/pwd
Strange. Any idea what's going wrong?
--
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Richard Stallman
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