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Re: echo -n?
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Giuseppe Scrivano |
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Re: echo -n? |
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Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:53:44 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.92 (gnu/linux) |
Hey Alfred,
you can get it using:
/bin/echo -e \\x2Dn
Cheers,
Giuseppe
"Alfred M. Szmidt" <address@hidden> writes:
> Here is a fun one, how does one output `-n' (literal string) (or any
> other option that echo accepts) using echo?
>
> $ /bin/echo --version|head -n1
> echo (GNU coreutils) 8.4
> $ /bin/echo -- -n
> -- -n
> $ /bin/echo - "-n"
> - -n
> $ /bin/echo '-n'
> $ /bin/echo "-n"
> $