Re: bug in echo command

[Paul Jarc]

"Alfred M. Szmidt" <address@hidden> wrote:
>    the echo command doesn't read string sequences such as \c or \r
>    even when the option -E is not used.

-e is not supposed to be on by default, AFAICT.  I think -E exists
only to override an explicit -e.  "/bin/echo -e" works for me.

>     echo "Today is \c "

That probably uses the shell's built-in echo, not the external one
from coreutils.


paul