> So, it is possible to have both the following working in "sh" and "bash" > > echo -n "ok" > echo "ok\c"
No. In posix mode, they are fundamentally incompatible. The combination of posix mode and xpg-echo cause bash to be strictly posix compliant and disable any option processing. This is item `c' in the New Features section of NEWS. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ( ``Discere est Dolere'' -- chet ) Live Strong. Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tiswww.tis.case.edu/~chet/ _______________________________________________ Bug-bash mailing list Bug-bash@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash