Leslie Ballentine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Using RedHat Linux 7.1, kernel 2.4.9-6, I obtain the following:
>
> /bin/echo "atime: \c"; ls -dlu findx
> atime: \c
> -rwx--x--x 1 ballenti ballenti 376 Nov 30 10:49 findx
>
>
> Under Solaris, I obtain:
>
> /bin/echo "atime: \c"; ls -dlu findx
> atime: -rwx--x--x 1 ballenti users 376 Oct 30 12:34 findx
>
> Apparently, the line-continuation character, "\c", is not working under
> Linux.
Thanks for the report, but it's not a bug.
To enable that, you have to use echo's -e option:
/bin/echo -e "atime: \c"; ls -dlu findx
$ /bin/echo --help
Usage: /bin/echo [OPTION]... [STRING]...
Echo the STRING(s) to standard output.
-n do not output the trailing newline
-e enable interpretation of the backslash-escaped characters
listed below
--help display this help and exit (should be alone)
--version output version information and exit (should be alone)
With -e, the following sequences are recognized and interpolated:
\NNN the character whose ASCII code is NNN (octal)
\\ backslash
\a alert (BEL)
\b backspace
\c suppress trailing newline
\f form feed
\n new line
\r carriage return
\t horizontal tab
\v vertical tab
Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
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