Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 13:52:40 +1100 From: Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> To: Greg Quinlan <gwq_uk@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Echo "\c" does not work Message-ID: <20020131135240.C823@k7.mavetju.org> In-Reply-To: <20020131022758.53617.qmail@web13306.mail.yahoo.com>; from gwq_uk@yahoo.com on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 06:27:58PM -0800 References: <20020131022758.53617.qmail@web13306.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 06:27:58PM -0800, Greg Quinlan wrote: > This is quite a small thing but does anyone know why echo "\c" does not work. > It is suppose to echo without a new line. > > I am doing a cut-over of a SCO System (IBCS2) to FreeBSD and I have loads of > shell scripts with echo no new line done this way. The man page says it is > valid. I do know "echo -n" got it: try /bin/echo \\c 'echo' uses the shells builtin echo. sorry for the first mail, Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org edwin@mavetju.org | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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