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Date:      Wed, 22 Mar 95 16:13 MET
From:      me@tartufo.pcs.dec.com (Michael Elbel)
To:        jkh@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Yes, I'm sick and depraved.
Message-ID:  <m0rrS5r-000Pa0C@tartufo.pcs.dec.com>
References:  <199503220216.SAA03697@time.cdrom.com>

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In pcs.freebsd.hackers you write:

>Would anyone object TOO loudly if I hacked echo to understand \c (or \c$ if
>you're being picky) as a synonym for -n?

>This would help some of the SCO scripts we'll be dragging over with ibcs2
>compat to look a lot nicer, and I can see any real downside..

Yes, do so, please. Then let's turn on bash's -e switch to echo by default
and I'll be happy (I always forget to give it that damn switch ;-)

Michael

-- 
Michael Elbel, Digital-PCS GmbH, Muenchen, Germany - me@FreeBSD.org
Fermentation fault (coors dumped)



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