echo command always prints its arguments
Andrew T. Schnable
schnable at ihuxo.UUCP
Thu Apr 4 05:13:42 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
Great idea. Maybe cat(1) needs this argument too. Heck,
If we add it to everything, we may be able to do away with /dev/null!
andy ihuxo!schnable
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