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 <redacted>
---
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 =)';--
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