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Cute, but does not work with bash builtin echo, for which two -n's equals one -n. bash-3.2$ echo -n -n foo foobash-3.2$ Like always with echo -n, no ma

by mturmon 15y ago

Cute, but does not work with bash builtin echo, for which two -n's equals one -n. bash-3.2$ echo -n -n foo foobash-3.2$ Like always with echo -n, no matter what you try, it's not portable.

ilikejam 15y ago
So... [dave@mini ~]$ echo -n "-n foo > " -n foo [dave@mini ~]$ Easy!
- mturmon 15y ago
  All respect for persistence, but that's not a solution, because the OP wanted to echo just "-n". I put the foo in to better show what was happening. For similar reasons, echo "" -n does not work, etc.
  - ilikejam 15y ago
    ' echo -n "-n " ' works fine with the bash built-in. It echo's "-n".