This will only work correctly on Cygwin and FreeBSD (maybe others) on AIX this will produce: -e hello world hi there
you do have the tab but you don't really want the -e. Just thoughts on portability. On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 01:13:11PM -0400, Jeffrey Jopling wrote: > >i am running the following programme under windows > >#!/bin/sh > >echo hello world '\t' hi there > > Try: > > #!/bin/sh > echo -e 'hello world \t hi there' > > Jeff > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ... Wayne Willcox I will not eat green eggs and ham [EMAIL PROTECTED] I will not eat them Sam I Am!! A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. -- Chinese proverb -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
