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Re: [PATCH] Fix bug when attempting to echo special sequences literally.


From: James Youngman
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix bug when attempting to echo special sequences literally.
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:04:26 +0000

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 5:47 AM, Adam Rosenwald <address@hidden> wrote:
> Try using echo to output the string '-e' or '-E' or '-n' literally.  You
>  can't.

$ for i in e E n; do /bin/echo -e '\055'$i; done
-e
-E
-n




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