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Date: Tue,  1 Apr 2008 09:06:53 +0000
From: "Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] bug in echo?
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> this is a very odd case which can be worked around without adding --.
> the adding of which adds another odd case.  what if you want to echo
> --?  so adding -- special case code doesn't really solve any problems.

echo -- {whatever} # {whatever} can be "--", "-n", or other things