On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 09:09:04AM +0000, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> Of the shells bundled with FreeBSD, /bin/sh uses the standard command
> version and /bin/tcsh uses a shell built-in that by default has the
> same behaviour as /bin/echo:
Correction: /bin/sh has a built-in echo command that understands the
'-e' flag. What it doesn't have is a built-in 'which' command that
recognises the other shell built-ins...
$ echo "line one\nline two"
line one\nline two
$ echo -e "line one\nline two"
line one
line two
Cheers,
Matthew
--
Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
Savill Way
Marlow
Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
