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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Another Bash Command Post 300 by PxT on Monday 20th of November 2000 03:01:16 PM
Old 11-20-2000
The -n switch seems to work for me:

bash-2.04$ echo -n "Testing..."
Testing...bash-2.04$


The bash man page also talks about setting the 'xpg_echo' environment variable so that the '\c' will work. Check the bash man page for information.

Also, some systems have /usr/ucb/echo. This version will support the '-n' flag even if the builtin or /usr/bin/echo won't.

bash-2.04$ /usr/ucb/echo -n "Testing..."
Testing...bash-2.04$
 

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