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From: ado@elsie.UUCP (Arthur David Olson)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: echo -n
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 23:20:06 EST
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> > 	Can someone out there tell me what echo -n does since my UNIX 5.0
> > 	version does not support this option.
> 
> "echo -n args" is the 7th Edition UNIX way of obtaining the same
> function that in UNIX System V looks like: "echo 'args\c'".

For portability fans:
	echo args | tr -d "\012"
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