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Date:      Sat, 2 Jan 2010 19:00:08 GMT
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/142243: Netcat (nc(1)) manual mistake
Message-ID:  <201001021900.o02J08Ug086194@freefall.freebsd.org>

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The following reply was made to PR docs/142243; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To: Yasir <yasir27@mail.ru>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: docs/142243: Netcat (nc(1)) manual mistake
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:57:44 -0800

 Yasir wrote:
 >> Fix:
 > There should have been used printf(1) instead.
 > Man should be corrected, namely, sed 's/echo -n/printf/'
 
 
 printf should always work, yes. In our sh and in bash, 'echo -e' will
 also work.
 
 
 hth,
 
 Doug
 
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