On 02/02/2017 03:02 AM, Sangamesh Mallayya wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> description: 
> in bash echo -n , echo -e , echo -E has a special meaning. But we do not 
> have a way in bash shell if we want to print 
> -n , -e and -E using echo command.

There is NO portable way to print those strings using 'echo'.  Use
'printf' instead.  POSIX even tells you to do that.

> Please let us know if this a bug or do we have any other option to print 
> -n ?

Not a bug.

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Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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