"Alfred M. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the echo command doesn't read string sequences such as \c or \r > even when the option -E is not used.
-e is not supposed to be on by default, AFAICT. I think -E exists only to override an explicit -e. "/bin/echo -e" works for me. > echo "Today is \c " That probably uses the shell's built-in echo, not the external one from coreutils. paul _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils
