printf "-Xdebug"

Gives:

bash: printf: -X: invalid option
printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]

echo -n "-Xdebug" works but according to this question here it isn't portable.

There are multiple versions of the echo command, with different behaviors. Apparently the shell used for your script uses a version that doesn't recognize -n.

How can I have a string be printed to screen uninterpreted, as is?

printf "-Xdebug"

Gives:

bash: printf: -X: invalid option
printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]

echo -n "-Xdebug" works but according to this question here it isn't portable.

There are multiple versions of the echo command, with different behaviors. Apparently the shell used for your script uses a version that doesn't recognize -n.

How can I have a string be printed to screen uninterpreted, as is?

printf "-Xdebug"

Gives:

bash: printf: -X: invalid option
printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]

echo -n "-Xdebug" works but according to this question here it isn't portable.

There are multiple versions of the echo command, with different behaviors. Apparently the shell used for your script uses a version that doesn't recognize -n.

How can I have a string be printed to screen uninterpreted, as is?

printf "-Xdebug"

Gives:

bash: printf: -X: invalid option
printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]

echo -n "-Xdebug" works but according to this question here it isn't portable.

There are multiple versions of the echo command, with different behaviors. Apparently the shell used for your script uses a version that doesn't recognize -n.

How can I have a string be printed to screen uninterpreted, as is?