[Bug 229472] man echo misses -e option

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=229472

--- Comment #5 from Torsten Zuehlsdorff <tz at freebsd.org> ---
(In reply to Conrad Meyer from comment #4)

> Jamie hits the nail on the head.  And I guess we're already explicit 
> about this:

I tend to disagree ;)

When using "man alias" for example, we get the builtin manpage. This is true
for every builtin i every tried the last years. "man echo" is the only manpage
for an builtin.

Also the statement is not too helpful. While i am able to figure out which
shell i am using: many users are not. Also the builtin manpage itself is not
very helpful. It redirects me to the next manpage of the shell itself (after g. 

So my workflow is:
1) man echo 
2) man builtin
3) man bash

And every manpage is getting more complex and harder to understand. Beside the
fact, that its possible to use different echos (if i read the buildin manpage
correct?).

In conclusion: maybe its fine from a technical point of view. From a user point
of view it is very confusing.

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