On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 11:50:10AM -0400, David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> % > might want to say "echo -- -a ..." there, in case echo(1) complains.
> %
> % echo "-a $f" should work regardless. or even echo " -a $f".
>
> In all of this, though, shouldn't it be
>
> echo -n ...
>
> followed by a final
>
> echo ""
>
> to keep them all on one line?
Perhaps. echo -n is not portable, though. I originally quoted
the "-a $f" and then saw it worked without, too. Basically, I just
jotted down something that worked on Tru64, and left a compatible
implementation up to the implementor :-)
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