On Linux, sh is a link to bash, not ash. I just checked this on cygwin bash, and it
works there the same as you describe. It is sh as ash that is different.
John Pollock wrote:
>
> Thanks Bob and others who responded. FWIW, sh on Linux accepts -e and -n at
> the same time, which is how we managed to run into our trouble (we do
> concurrent builds on Linux and Windows). But i'll be changing
> our -e -n references to use -e and \c.
>
> Thanks!
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob McGowan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 4:18 PM
> To: John Pollock
> Subject: Re: echo with sh.exe doesn't understand multiple parameters
>
> These are mutually exclusive options. The -n makes echo emulate the old
> Bourne shell behavior, -e the new.
>
> echo -n test
> and
> echo -e 'test\c'
>
> Are equivalent. The other backslash sequences recognized when -e is used
> had no equivalent in older shells. You had to embed litteral characters,
> where possible.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> John Pollock wrote:
> >
> > With the echo command, using -n or -e alone with sh works fine:
> >
> > $ echo -e blah
> > blah
> > $ echo -n blah
> > blah$
> >
> > but when you try to use both flags at once, sh seems to get confused:
> >
> > blah$ echo -n -e blah
> > -e blah$
> >
> > Is there a workaround?
> >
> > John
> >
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