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Michael Mortimore wrote: > On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:22:51 -0000, Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Is it not "bash" doing this? Rather than the commands themselves? >> >> I know "find" accepts "--" but I hadn't seen others. > > I've used it with xinit. I think if bash did something with -- then no > program would be able to use it. Good point - rereading manual page more carefully I see bash does it for itself, and all its built in commands (except echo). Sometimes I have to think whether a command is a bash built-in or not, quite a few commands exist as files for compatibility, and as shell built-in for performance, just to confuse the newbies. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html