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Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2000 11:56:56 -0600
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: rene@xs4all.nl
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Subject: Re: echo and ANSI sequences?
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In the last episode (Feb 18), rene@xs4all.nl said:
> Hello questions,
> 
>   Echo, however, doesn't wanna play. I suspect the parsing of \e
>   doesnt become a 1-byte ESC-character :((

Correct.  echo simply echos the characters exactly as written.  If you
want to send an ESC, either embed a raw ESC in the script, or use the
printf command, like printf "\033[0m]".

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