I was perusing the source for the builtin echo of 'sh'
(src/bin/sh/bltin/echo.c) and noticed code that
it looks for a '-e' paramter.
This is neither documented nor well written, nor does /bin/echo
behave the same way.

The actual behavior is:
	echo [ -e | -n ] args
Write 'args' to stdout.
A newline is appended unless '-n' is specified/
If '-e' is specified certain \ escape sequences are translated....

Now:
1) -e and -n are mutually exclusive - you can't specify both.
2) /bin/echo doesn't support -e
3) echo -e 'abc\cdef' doesn't print 'def'

Interestingly the man page for (pd)ksh says that -e (to echo)
is supported for BSD compatibilty...

(I recall having a discussion fairly recently in one of the
groups about the differences between various versions of echo
- but can't seem to find it....)

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk