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Re: "echo -e" bug
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Micah Cowan |
Subject: |
Re: "echo -e" bug |
Date: |
Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:00:29 -0700 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080505) |
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Andrew Panin wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I can't make echo to show \n and \r symbols. According to 'man echo',
> there's a way to do this by using '-e' option.
>
> However, this doesn't help. Doesn't even matter which option I choose
> (even 'echo -e \015'), it just shows '015' literally.
More likely, shell interpretation. The shell will turn a bare \015 into
015. Try quoting it, such as with '\015' or \\015.
- --
Micah J. Cowan
Programmer, musician, typesetting enthusiast, gamer,
and GNU Wget Project Maintainer.
http://micah.cowan.name/
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- "echo -e" bug, Andrew Panin, 2008/07/02
- Re: "echo -e" bug,
Micah Cowan <=