echo command always prints its arguments
Andrew Koenig
ark at alice.UUCP
Tue Apr 2 15:36:50 AEST 1985
> 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.
> --
>
> Scott Orshan
> Bell Communications Research
> 201-981-3064
> {ihnp4,allegra,bellcore,pyuxww}!u1100a!sdo
>
This option is unnecessary because you can obtain the
equivalent effect by redirecting the standard output:
echo $args >/dev/null
Doing it this way has the advantage of greater portability, too.
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