On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, matthew green wrote:

>
>   echo -- -n
>
>
>actually, nothing i can find will "DTRT" with this.  perhaps there is
>some standards thing about echo and -- ...

Try

	echo '' -n

(Although this does give you an extra space between the null arg and the
-n)


Roger

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