Possible bug in SunOS System V echo?

Edward Vielmetti emv at math.lsa.umich.edu
Sat Apr 14 01:29:42 AEST 1990


why not improve echo?

why bother?

when I want to
	echo 'foo\n'
I do
	printf "foo\n"
and get exactly what I want.

printf is Chris Torek's work, comp.sources.unix volume 9 I think.

--Ed



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