Subject: ksh93 echo builtin does not respect \c (suppress trailing newline) Package: ksh Version: 93q-2 Severity: normal
*** Please type your report below this line *** It appears that ksh93 is not respecting the \c (suppress trailing newline) in an echo statement - for example: #!/bin/ksh echo "enter a number => \c" read number echo $number output is: enter a number => \c (cursor here) Note that "echo -n "enter a number => " DOES work, as does coreutils echo. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-386 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Versions of packages ksh depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.jamroom.net
