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Old 12-15-2006
what is ksh equivalent of bash echo -n ?
Hi folks,

I need to stop printing a new line after echoing a string in KSH. i know bash provides

echo -n "string"

what is the ksh equivalent for this ?
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Old 12-15-2006
Hi,

Use printf since echo -n isn't supported by ksh.

same arguments as with C
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Old 12-15-2006
Hi spare_ribs,

Thanks for the info. Yes i am able to get away with printf.
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Old 12-15-2006
Code:
 # echo "hello\c"

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