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Re: echo \\n bonus whitespace
From: |
Andreas Schwab |
Subject: |
Re: echo \\n bonus whitespace |
Date: |
Sun, 06 Jan 2002 17:42:36 +0100 |
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address@hidden (Dan Jacobson) writes:
|> It just doesn't feel right:
|> $ echo -e H \\n q
|> H
|> q
No, that is correct. echo prints out a space between each argument.
Andreas.
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