This is getting crazier and crazier.
#!/bin/sh
echo -e hello world '\t' hi there
OR
#!/bin/bash
echo hello world $'\t' hi there
OR
#!/bin/bash
/bin/echo hello world $'\t' hi there
OR
#!/bin/tcsh
echo hello world '\t' hi there
But NOT
#!/bin/tcsh
/bin/echo hello world '\t' hi there
Interesting facts:
1) /bin/sh on cygwin does not have the same features
as /bin/sh on many familiar unix systems.
2) bash is documented (man bash !) and behaves like
bash on many familiar unix systems.
3) echo is a shell builtin. It is a mistake to talk
about the "cygwin echo" unless you mean /bin/echo
4) It's spelled "cygwin" not "cygiwn"
5) This thread has nothing to do with newlines.
6) tcsh programming is harmful.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Willcox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 4:13 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: hrishy; Cygwin
> Subject: Re: cygiwn newline character
>
>
> Why a $ this certainly will not work on AIX or FreeBSD both
> of those systems
> will return the following output.
> hello world $ hi there
>
> Okay the tab is now being honored but you would have to cut the $.
>
> On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 01:06:29PM -0400, Alec Mihailovs wrote:
> > You should put a $ sign in front of '\t' :
> >
> > echo hello world $'\t' hi there
> >
> > Alec
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> > i am running the following programme under windows
> > #!/bin/sh
> > echo hello world '\t' hi there
> >
> > i am getting the output as hello world '\t' hi there
> >
> > wheras i require the output to be
> > hello word hi there
> > Hrishy
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