Bug#1036245: “Any arguments after the -- are treated as filenames and arguments.” in the bash man page makes no sense the way stated

2023-05-18 Thread Al Ma
Thanks! First, if the arguments `-' and `--' are absolutely equivalent, there's no need for parens (which make the stuff inside the parens, well, parenthetic). Second, pay attention to the consistency of the quotation marks, whichever you choose. Therefore: A single argument `--' or `-' stops

Bug#1036245: “Any arguments after the -- are treated as filenames and arguments.” in the bash man page makes no sense the way stated

2023-05-18 Thread Richard Lewis
On Thu, 18 May 2023, 00:57 Al Ma, wrote: > > In the man page for bash we see the line, > > “-- A -- signals the end of options and disables further option > processing. Any arguments after the -- are treated as filenames and > arguments. An argument of - is equivalent to --.” > I suggest the

Bug#1036245: “Any arguments after the -- are treated as filenames and arguments.” in the bash man page makes no sense the way stated

2023-05-17 Thread Al Ma
Package: bash Version: 5.1-2+deb11u1 In the man page for bash we see the line, “-- A -- signals the end of options and disables further option processing. Any arguments after the -- are treated as filenames and arguments. An argument of - is equivalent to --.” I claim that the sentence “Any