echo command always prints its arguments

[Scott Orshan]

On every UNIX system I have ever used, there is no way to prevent
the echo command from printing its arguments.  I would like to
propose a "-q" option to echo which tells it to be quiet and go about
its work without printing its arguments.
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			Scott Orshan
			Bell Communications Research
			201-981-3064
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