Bash 1.04 echo nit

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2 total messages Started by David Elliott Fri, 10 Nov 1989 23:19

#695

Author: David Elliott
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1989 23:19

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Echo is still not quite right.  According to the description in
the code, the only special options to echo are "-e" and "-n",
but I executed echo -, and got a blank line.

-- 
David Elliott
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(408)944-4073
"You can lead a robot to water, but you can not make him compute."

Re: Bash 1.04 echo nit

#712

Author: David Elliott
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1989 17:26

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In article <1989Nov10.231921.6199@sony.com> dce@icky.sony.com (David Elliott) writes:
>Echo is still not quite right.  According to the description in
>the code, the only special options to echo are "-e" and "-n",
>but I executed echo -, and got a blank line.

I seem to have confused some people on this issue.  I meant that
I executed the command

	echo -

not that I executed the command

	echo -,

The latter works fine.

I do have a question on this matter.  Assume that I have the
statement

	echo "$var"

How can I assure myself that the contents of "$var" will be
printed exactly, even if it is "-e" or "-n".

-- 
David Elliott
dce@sony.com | ...!{uunet,mips}!sonyusa!dce
(408)944-4073
"You can lead a robot to water, but you can not make him compute."

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