3 ms·So... [dave@mini ~]$ echo -n "-n foo > " -n foo [dave@mini ~]$ Easy!by ilikejam 15y agoSo... [dave@mini ~]$ echo -n "-n foo > " -n foo [dave@mini ~]$ Easy!mturmon 15y agoAll 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".