-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 According to Huang Tao on 7/17/2009 9:46 AM: > I'm not sure whether it is a bug > how can i echo the text string "-e" barely ( or "-n", "-E") > i tried > $echo "-e" > $echo '-e' > and some other inputs, all of which produced no outputs.
Instead of using echo (which POSIX itself admits is fraught with portability problems), use printf: printf -- '-e\n' - -- Don't work too hard, make some time for fun as well! Eric Blake e...@byu.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (Cygwin) Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpgzIQACgkQ84KuGfSFAYCWiwCghvYg6Ffnt2gcNIuSDvucJN4m t18AoJolQIl6iIzAfRod9vU4gw89tpH3 =bI3x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
