On 2/2/17 11:56 AM, Jyoti B Tenginakai wrote:
> HI All,
>
> Thanks for your quick response.
>
> I have tried using the printf instead of echo. But the issue with printf is
> , the behaviour is not consistent with what echo prints for all the inputs
> i.e.
> In my script I am generically using echo for all the options. If I have to
> use printf instead of it should behave consistently .
> if echo * is passed to bash shell, the o/p shows the \t seperated values
> whereas with printf '%s' *, it won't display space separated output. Again
> printf '%s ' # behaviour is different from what echo # shows
echo()
{
builtin printf "%s\n" "$*"
}
You can make this more elaborate if you want.
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