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Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2006 14:54:56 +0200
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cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com wrote on 04-08-2006 14:23:49:

>
> Hi
>
> I am new to Cygwin and I am just trying to use the escape character
example
> is
>
> echo "\t\t Hello"
>
> but this returns \t\t Hello and ignores the escape characters.
>
> I was looking for it to return     Hello with a couple of TABS in front
like
> it does on our True64 unix system.  Is the escape character differant in
> Cygwin or am I missing something ??? any help would be great
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"man echo" has the answer - on Cygwin use the "-e" argument ie :  echo -e
"\t\t Hello"

Med venlig hilsen / Regards
Franz Wolfhagen
Tivoli Senior I/T Specialist
IBM Denmark



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