On Sun, 12 Aug 2012, Douglas Mencken wrote: >> I am pretty sure that 'echo -n' and 'echo -e' work everywhere. Why >> not use those instead? > > printf is available everywhere; "echo -n" is an exotic, "echo -e" is > much more exotic >
No, I have yet to see a system where echo -n/-e was not supported, even on ancient systems. I had thought printf was a bash addition. ksh supports print, but even there -n/-e for echo works.. -- Jon Trulson "If the Martian rope-a-dope don't get him, he'll get himself, he'll come in too fast and punch himself out." - one of my brothers, referring to the Curiosity landing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel