Subject: Re: which echo.c would you choose?
To: Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com>
From: Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 12/01/1999 10:45:04
Greywolf <greywolf@starwolf.com> writes:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
>
> # On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 11:33:55PM -0800, Jason Thorpe wrote:
> #
> # > lestat:thorpej 1808$ /bin/echo -- -n
> # > -- -n
> #
> # So how do you output only -n? echo -n -; echo n? Seems silly.
>
> If you're willing to forgo 'echo' (are you really going to have a
> script generator running in single-user mode?):
Of course, you could also use:
echo -n -n ; echo ""
8-)
cgd
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