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authorVille Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>2009-12-15 23:51:48 +0200
committerVille Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi>2009-12-15 23:51:48 +0200
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Add echo/printf and command/builtin considerations.
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@@ -431,6 +431,10 @@ guidelines in mind:
Sending them to the developers list usually works too, but bits are more
likely to fall through the cracks that way compared to the tracker.
+- Use printf(1) instead of echo(1) for portability reasons, and be sure to
+ invoke commands that are often found aliased (such as ls or grep etc)
+ using the "command" (or "builtin") command as appropriate.
+
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