Bauke Jan Douma wrote:
Eric Blake wrote on 07/17/2009 09:09 PM:Instead of using echo (which POSIX itself admits is fraught with portability problems), use printf:printf -- '-e\n'or: echo -n "-" ; echo "e"
or: echo -e "\0055e" ;) Bo _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils