* tzselect.ksh, workman.sh: Use printf, not echo, if the
argument might in theory contain a backslash.
---
 tzselect.ksh | 9 +++++----
 workman.sh   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tzselect.ksh b/tzselect.ksh
index 7cd8679d..85a8c670 100644
--- a/tzselect.ksh
+++ b/tzselect.ksh
@@ -145,9 +145,11 @@ do
   t*) # Undocumented option, used for developer testing.
     zonetabtype=$OPTARG;;
   -help)
-    exec echo "$usage";;
+    say "$usage"
+    exit;;
   -version)
-    exec echo "tzselect $PKGVERSION$TZVERSION";;
+    say "tzselect $PKGVERSION$TZVERSION"
+    exit;;
   -*)
     say >&2 "$0: -$opt$OPTARG: unknown option; try '$0 --help'"; exit 1;;
   *)
@@ -516,8 +518,7 @@ while
        ' ="$distance_table"
       )
       echo >&2 'Please select one of the following timezones,'
-      echo >&2 'listed roughly in increasing order' \
-       "of distance from $coord".
+      say >&2 "listed roughly in increasing order of distance from $coord."
       doselect $regions
       region=$select_result
       tz=$(
diff --git a/workman.sh b/workman.sh
index 91621b10..5da55654 100644
--- a/workman.sh
+++ b/workman.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,6 @@ elif (type nroff && type perl) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        }
   '
 else
-  echo >&2 "$0: please install groff, or mandoc and col"
+  printf >&2 '%s\n' "$0: please install groff, or mandoc and col"
   exit 1
 fi
-- 
2.51.0

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