yeah, "if you're not using -- you're already doing it wrong" sgtm.

On Tue, Oct 7, 2025 at 1:45 PM Rob Landley <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> In bash, "echo --help" prints "--help". In /bin/bash it dumps help text.
>
> Gnu is nothing if not consistent.
>
> I'm leaning toward NOT making echo NOHELP because we (uniquely!) parse
> -- and already have -e and friends (so echo -- "$THINGY" should be
> safe), but I'm open to countervailing arguments...
>
> Rob
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