Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxj!houxm!ihnp4!fortune!ambekar From: ambekar@fortune.UUCP (Vinay R. Ambekar) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: echo -n Message-ID: <4868@fortune.UUCP> Date: Thu, 10-Jan-85 14:27:13 EST Article-I.D.: fortune.4868 Posted: Thu Jan 10 14:27:13 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jan-85 01:15:17 EST References: <241@bpa.UUCP> Reply-To: ambekar@fortune.UUCP (Vinay R. ambekar) Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 8 Summary: In article <241@bpa.UUCP> espo@bpa.UUCP (Bob Esposito) writes: > > Can someone out there tell me what echo -n does since my UNIX 5.0 > version does not support this option. Echo normally appends a newline at the end of the string. With the -n option this is supressed. Vinay