Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:40:32 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Quinlan <gwq_uk@yahoo.com> To: timothy.covell@ashavan.org Cc: FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Echo "\c" does not work Message-ID: <20020131034032.28076.qmail@web13305.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200201310253.g0V2rCL28095@home.ashavan.org.>
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Timothy, The man page that I am looking at says -n but that this can also be achieved by \c man echo --- Timothy Covell <timothy.covell@ashavan.org> wrote: > On Wednesday 30 January 2002 20:27, Greg Quinlan wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > 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" > > > > Thanks > > > > Greg > > > > Methinks that you want to use printf which uses these control characters. > Echo is tempting to use, but quickly leads to problems. It should be simple > to write a script to replace all "echo" statements with "printf", but then > you will need "\n" to be properly placed. > > > -- > timothy.covell@ashavan.org. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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