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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 17:38:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com>
Subject: Re: echo with sh.exe doesn't understand multiple parameters
To: John Pollock <jpollock AT curl DOT com>, cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
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--- John Pollock <jpollock AT curl DOT com> wrote:
> With the echo command, using -n or -e alone with sh works fine:
> 
> $ echo -e blah
> blah
> $ echo -n blah
> blah$
> 
> but when you try to use both flags at once, sh seems to get confused:
> 
> blah$ echo -n -e blah
> -e blah$
> 
> Is there a workaround?
> 

How about `/usr/bin/echo -n -e foo'?

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com

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