echo command always prints its arguments
David Messer
dave at circadia.UUCP
Thu Apr 11 16:57:22 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.
Yes, this IS a major flaw in UNIX. I have often wanted to do this.
Here is a shell script that I use and hope that you can also use:
------CUT------CUT------CUT------CUT------
#!sh
for i in $*
do
case $i in
-q) exit ;;
esac
done
echo $*
#:-)
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Dave Messer ...ihnp4!stolaf!umn-cs!circadia!dave
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