Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!deimos!uxc!tank!mimsy!chris From: chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Echo Message-ID: <14799@mimsy.UUCP> Date: 2 Dec 88 02:36:26 GMT References: <6557@june.cs.washington.edu> Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742 Lines: 14 In article <6557@june.cs.washington.edu> ka@june.cs.washington.edu (Kenneth Almquist) writes: >... The System V echo command interprets a number of escape sequences >(e.g. \n for newline) which the BSD echo does not, so I can... [various approaches deleted] >Any suggestions? Have echo work as in BSD; use printf(1) to produce escapes. I tried to post printf to comp.sources.unix, but it seems it never made it. -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) Domain: chris@mimsy.umd.edu Path: uunet!mimsy!chris