Lars --
...and then Lars Hecking said...
%
% > In all of this, though, shouldn't it be
% >
% > echo -n ...
%
% In principle, yes, but it may even work without. Nevertheless,
% echo -n is not portable.
Ah, yes; that damned SysV stuff :-) In all of my must-be-portable shell
scripts, I have the standard "how do i not newline?" function and use
$ECHO instead of just good old echo... *sigh*
Still, it could even be written *right* in one line ;-)
:-D
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