09-08-2006
What i found is echo put newline character at the end of string and which can be omitted by using \c escape sequence.
\c output string without newline character.
similar thing can be achieved by echo -n but i dont have echo with -n option.
ksh's echo, does not have a -n option. sh's echo and /usr/bin/echo only have a -n option if the SYSV3 environment variable is set.
/usr/ucb/echo has -n option.
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NAME
shtool-echo - GNU shtool echo(1) extensional command
SYNOPSIS
shtool echo [-n|--newline] [-e|--expand] string
DESCRIPTION
shtool echo is an echo(1) style command which prints string to stdout and optionally provides special expansion constructs (terminal bold
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OPTIONS
The following command line options are available.
-n, --newline
By default, output is written to stdout followed by a "newline" (ASCII character 0x0a). If option -n is used, this newline character is
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-e, --expand
If option -e is used, string can contain special "%x" constructs which are expanded before the output is written. Currently the
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%B switch terminal mode to bold display mode.
%b switch terminal mode back to normal display mode.
%u the current user name.
%U the current user id (numerical).
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%G the current group id (numerical).
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