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From: sdo@u1100a.UUCP (Scott Orshan)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.bugs
Subject: echo command always prints its arguments
Message-ID: <797@u1100a.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 1-Apr-85 16:04:48 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  1 16:04:48 1985
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Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ
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On every UNIX system I have ever used, there is no way to prevent
the echo command from printing its arguments.  I would like to
propose a "-q" option to echo which tells it to be quiet and go about
its work without printing its arguments.
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			Scott Orshan
			Bell Communications Research
			201-981-3064
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