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Re: echo bug?

From: jellybean stonerfish
Subject: Re: echo bug?
Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 10:13:59 GMT
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On Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:33:22 -0500, Randy Yates wrote:

> I'm not sure if the problem is echo or the bash shell. 
> 
> echo -e "123\n   456"
> 
> yields the proper spacing. However, 
> 
> text="123\n   456"
> echo $text
> 
> does not. Why not?

try echo -e $text
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