On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Sangamesh Mallayya < sangamesh.sw...@in.ibm.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > description: > in bash echo -n , echo -e , echo -E has a special meaning. But we do not > have a way in bash shell if we want to print > -n , -e and -E using echo command. Other shells supports printing of > -n/-e/-E options using echo command. > > For example > > with ksh > # echo -n > -n > # > > with bash > # echo -n > > # > > Please let us know if this a bug or do we have any other option to print > -n ? > > Here is the environment details. > > version: bash 4.3 > Hardware and Operating System P7 AIX > Compiled with AIX xlc > > Thanks, > -Sangamesh > > > > Not a bug, echo is not portable and posix recommends using printf e.g. printf '%s\n' -n
