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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
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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