> On 21 Oct 2021, at 18.26, Frank Seifferth <seiffe...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> > wrote: > > The only way > to echo the string '-n', for instance, is to specify the dash in either > octal or hexadecimal representation (e.g. 'echo -e "\x2dn"').
You can also choose to escape the 'n' (e.g. /bin/echo -e '-\x6e'), so I suggest writing this instead: To echo the string '-n' one of the characters has to be specified in either octal or hexadecimal representation (e.g. 'echo -e "\x2dn"). Best, Rasmus
