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Re: Enhancement: bash should have uniform escape syntaxes for `echo -e`,
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Eric Blake |
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Re: Enhancement: bash should have uniform escape syntaxes for `echo -e`, `printf` and `$'ANSI_C_style_escape'`. |
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Mon, 10 Aug 2015 13:28:02 -0600 |
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On 08/10/2015 12:30 PM, Arthur200000 wrote:
> Configuration Information:
> Machine Type: i686-pc-cygwin, i686-pc-msys, x86_86-linux-gnu,
> x86_64-Apple-Darwin
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> Bash Version: 4.3
> Patch Level: 30
> Release Status: release
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> Description:
> Bash has different escape syntaxes for `echo -e`,
'echo -e' is inherently non-portable, and exists solely for backwards
compatibility. As such, it is unlikely to be changed. POSIX strongly
recommends that you use 'printf' instead.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
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