Hello there, I have tried to output a string starting with '-' using the yes program. The info page states:
"The only options are a lone `--help' or `--version'. To output an argument that begins with `-', precede it with `--', e.g., `yes -- --help'." So I tried that and it doesn't work. Cheers, Olaf Bossen $ yes '----help' yes: invalid option -- '-' Try `yes --help' for more information. $ yes --version yes (GNU coreutils) 8.7 Packaged by Gentoo (8.7 (p1)) Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>. This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Written by David MacKenzie. I am running Gentoo 64 bit. Some more options: CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" declare -x LANG="C" declare -x LANGUAGE="" glibc version: glibc-2.11.2-r3
