Re: [RFC] war on echo in scripts

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
Date: Jul 8, 2010, 22:57 UTC
Message-ID: <m2k4p58tum.fsf@igel.home>
In-Reply-To: <20100708171418.GA18229@burratino>

Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> writes:

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> diff --git a/contrib/examples/git-clone.sh b/contrib/examples/git-clone.sh
> index 547228e..e85ccda 100755
> --- a/contrib/examples/git-clone.sh
> +++ b/contrib/examples/git-clone.sh
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ use-separate-remote  compatibility, do not use
>  no-separate-remote   compatibility, do not use"
>  
>  die() {
> -	echo >&2 "$@"
> +	printf >&2 '%s\n' "$@"

You probably want to use "$*" here, though it wouldn't matter for the uses of die in this file.

Andreas.

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