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Date:      Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:50:21 -0800 (PST)
From:      Greg Quinlan <gwq_uk@yahoo.com>
To:        Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org>
Cc:        FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Echo "\c" does not work
Message-ID:  <20020131035021.29469.qmail@web13305.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020131135240.C823@k7.mavetju.org>

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Actually within the scripts, because they are all shell scripts, I will have to
put.

echo -e "....\c"

But it still means I have to modify every single **** script.

So my next question is:

why does /bin/echo, and builtin-sh echo different?

/bin/echo "....\c"

and from within a script....

echo -e "...\c"'

that's no good.. :(


--- Edwin Groothuis <edwin@mavetju.org> wrote:
> 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
> 
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