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Subject: Re: echo -n
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Date: Wed, 9-Jan-85 23:10:37 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan  9 23:10:37 1985
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Nf-From: ucf-cs!goldfarb    Jan  9 15:42:00 1985

echo -n does not append a newline to the argument string when it
prints it, thus it may be used when outputting prompts in shell
programs, etc.
				Ben Goldfarb
				{duke,decvax,akgua}!ucf-cs!goldfarb