Re: \n displayed instead of newline

[Jesse Hathaway]

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 12:54 PM <lisa-asket@perso.be> wrote:
>
> Why does the first `\n` display as a string rather than a newline in the 
> following printf?

> printf "Usage: $ua\n       $ub\n"

hmm, I can't reproduce on 5.1.8:

$ ua=X ub=Y; printf "Usage: $ua\n       $ub\n"
Usage: X
       Y