the echo command doesn't read string sequences such as \c or \r
even when the option -E is not used. for example:
echo "Today is \c "
produces
Today is c
on the screen.
>From the manual, (coreutils) echo invocation:
`-e'
Enable interpretation of the following backslash-escaped
characters in each STRING:
`\a'
alert (bell)
`\b'
backspace
`\c'
suppress trailing newline
`\f'
form feed
`\n'
new line
`\r'
carriage return
`\t'
horizontal tab
`\v'
vertical tab
`\\'
backslash
`\NNN'
the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal); if NNN is not
a valid octal number, it is printed literally.
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