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Re: echo -n
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Eric Blake |
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Re: echo -n |
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Thu, 2 Feb 2017 09:11:36 -0600 |
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On 02/02/2017 03:02 AM, Sangamesh Mallayya wrote:
> Hi,
>
> description:
> in bash echo -n , echo -e , echo -E has a special meaning. But we do not
> have a way in bash shell if we want to print
> -n , -e and -E using echo command.
There is NO portable way to print those strings using 'echo'. Use
'printf' instead. POSIX even tells you to do that.
> Please let us know if this a bug or do we have any other option to print
> -n ?
Not a bug.
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