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Old 10-08-2008
In ksh shell command - Print "-ABC" is giving error
Hi Guys,
while executing the following command : print "-ABC" is giving following error :

ksh: print: bad option(s)

I cannot use echo for some other reasons, so any other option ?
# 2  
Old 10-08-2008
Code:
$ print -ABC     
ksh: print: -A: unknown option
$ print -- -ABC
-ABC

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Old 10-08-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by sagarjani
while executing the following command : print "-ABC" is giving following error :

ksh: print: bad option(s)

I cannot use echo for some other reasons, so any other option ?

Use the standard command, printf.

Code:
printf "%s\n" "-ABC"

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