uutils · sylvestre · Jan 6, 2025 · Jan 6, 2025
diff --git a/src/uu/echo/src/echo.rs b/src/uu/echo/src/echo.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 use clap::builder::ValueParser;
-use clap::parser::ValuesRef;
-use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, Command};
+use clap::{crate_version, Arg, ArgAction, ArgMatches, Command};
+use std::env;
 use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
 use std::io::{self, StdoutLock, Write};
 use std::iter::Peekable;
@@ -272,35 +272,37 @@ fn handle_double_hyphens(args: impl uucore::Args) -> impl uucore::Args {
     result.into_iter()
 }
 
+fn collect_args(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Vec<OsString> {
+    matches
+        .get_many::<OsString>(options::STRING)
+        .map_or_else(Vec::new, |values| values.cloned().collect())
+}
+
 #[uucore::main]
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
-    let matches = uu_app().get_matches_from(handle_double_hyphens(args));
+    let is_posixly_correct = env::var("POSIXLY_CORRECT").is_ok();
 
-    // TODO
-    // "If the POSIXLY_CORRECT environment variable is set, then when echo’s first argument is not -n it outputs option-like arguments instead of treating them as options."
-    // https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/echo-invocation.html
+    let (args, trailing_newline, escaped) = if is_posixly_correct {
+        let mut args_iter = args.skip(1).peekable();
 
-    let trailing_newline = !matches.get_flag(options::NO_NEWLINE);
-    let escaped = matches.get_flag(options::ENABLE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE);
+        if args_iter.peek() == Some(&OsString::from("-n")) {
+            let matches = uu_app().get_matches_from(handle_double_hyphens(args_iter));
+            let args = collect_args(&matches);
+            (args, false, true)
+        } else {
+            let args: Vec<_> = args_iter.collect();
+            (args, true, true)
+        }
+    } else {
+        let matches = uu_app().get_matches_from(handle_double_hyphens(args.into_iter()));
+        let trailing_newline = !matches.get_flag(options::NO_NEWLINE);
+        let escaped = matches.get_flag(options::ENABLE_BACKSLASH_ESCAPE);
+        let args = collect_args(&matches);
+        (args, trailing_newline, escaped)
+    };
 
     let mut stdout_lock = io::stdout().lock();
-
-    match matches.get_many::<OsString>(options::STRING) {
-        Some(arguments_after_options) => {
-            execute(
-                &mut stdout_lock,
-                trailing_newline,
-                escaped,
-                arguments_after_options,
-            )?;
-        }
-        None => {
-            // No strings to print, so just handle newline setting
-            if trailing_newline {
-                stdout_lock.write_all(b"\n")?;
-            }
-        }
-    }
+    execute(&mut stdout_lock, args, trailing_newline, escaped)?;
 
     Ok(())
 }
@@ -348,11 +350,11 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
 
 fn execute(
     stdout_lock: &mut StdoutLock,
+    arguments_after_options: Vec<OsString>,
     trailing_newline: bool,
     escaped: bool,
-    arguments_after_options: ValuesRef<'_, OsString>,
 ) -> UResult<()> {
-    for (i, input) in arguments_after_options.enumerate() {
+    for (i, input) in arguments_after_options.into_iter().enumerate() {
         let Some(bytes) = bytes_from_os_string(input.as_os_str()) else {
             return Err(USimpleError::new(
                 1,

diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_echo.rs b/tests/by-util/test_echo.rs
@@ -390,3 +390,55 @@ fn slash_eight_off_by_one() {
         .succeeds()
         .stdout_only(r"\8");
 }
+
+mod posixly_correct {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ignore_options() {
+        for arg in ["--help", "--version", "-E -n 'foo'", "-nE 'foo'"] {
+            new_ucmd!()
+                .env("POSIXLY_CORRECT", "1")
+                .arg(arg)
+                .succeeds()
+                .stdout_only(format!("{arg}\n"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn process_n_option() {
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .env("POSIXLY_CORRECT", "1")
+            .args(&["-n", "foo"])
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("foo");
+
+        // ignore -E & process escapes
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .env("POSIXLY_CORRECT", "1")
+            .args(&["-n", "-E", "foo\\cbar"])
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("foo");
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn process_escapes() {
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .env("POSIXLY_CORRECT", "1")
+            .arg("foo\\n")
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("foo\n\n");
+
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .env("POSIXLY_CORRECT", "1")
+            .arg("foo\\tbar")
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("foo\tbar\n");
+
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .env("POSIXLY_CORRECT", "1")
+            .arg("foo\\ctbar")
+            .succeeds()
+            .stdout_only("foo");
+    }
+}