$ type -a echo
echo is a shell builtin
echo is /bin/echo

$bash --version
GNU bash, version 3.2.25(1)-release (i486-pc-linux-gnu)

$/bin/echo --version
echo (GNU coreutils) 5.97


On Nov 20, 2007 8:11 PM, Oleg Goldshmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> "Kfir Lavi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> > I have a problem running echo inside Makefile.
> > Here is the Makefile:
> > all:
> > @echo "string"
> > @echo -e -n "string"
> > The output is:
> > string
> > -e -n string
> > The problem is the second @echo command. It prints '-e -n' instead of
> > interpreting those options.
> > I have tested it on other comps and it works fine, so its an environment
> > problem in my comp.
> > What var or file determine this behavior?
>
> What does "type -a echo" say in the same environment under which you run
> make?
>
> Your makefile works properly for me, FWIW, but I am on Fedora, not Ubuntu.
>
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