Depending on the implementation, the echo command may
support options like -n -e -E or no options at all.

The only portable usage of echo is without any options,
which means that no parameter may start with a hyphen.

check-non-portable-shell.pl checks if echo -n is used.
Improve it to reject any parameter starting with a hyphen
and recommend the usage of printf instead

Signed-off-by: Torsten Bögershausen <tbo...@web.de>
---
 t/check-non-portable-shell.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl b/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
index 8b5a71d..ff87611 100755
--- a/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
+++ b/t/check-non-portable-shell.pl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ sub err {
 while (<>) {
        chomp;
        /^\s*sed\s+-i/ and err 'sed -i is not portable';
-       /^\s*echo\s+-n/ and err 'echo -n is not portable (please use printf)';
+       /^\s*echo\s+-(\S)\s+/ and err "echo -$1 is not portable (please use 
printf)";
        /^\s*declare\s+/ and err 'arrays/declare not portable';
        /^\s*[^#]\s*which\s/ and err 'which is not portable (please use type)';
        /test\s+[^=]*==/ and err '"test a == b" is not portable (please use =)';
-- 
1.8.2.1.614.g66d7af5


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