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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting echo doesn't work right Post 302501388 by Demon on Thursday 3rd of March 2011 11:49:24 AM
Old 03-03-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by Shell_Life
What shell are you using?
(csh, ksh, bash, etc.)
bash
I typed
Code:
#!/bin/bash

in the script

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shell_Life
What shell are you using?
(csh, ksh, bash, etc.)

Type:
Code:
man echo

See if "-e" is part of your "echo" command.
Yes, in the description it says
-e enable interpretation of backslash escapes
And when I type the command directly in the shell,it work right!
So weird!
 

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