01-27-2012
Thanks for the tip on printf.
BTW I explicitly invoked /bin/echo so as to avoid any shell built-in echo. Furthermore, /bin/echo is the same version on both systems (i.e., gnu 5.97)
Also, I did check the manpage for echo, found the '-e' option and tried it. But it made no difference. I should have included that in the list of variations I tried!
Anyway, printf failed for me on the linux system, like this:
% printf "\033]0; JUST TESTING \007\c\n"
\c
(but it worked fine on the solaris system)
However, there is hope .. the printf on my solaris is version 8.10 from gnu coreutils, whereas it is an unknown version from the year 2006 on the linux system. I will upgrade printf and try it out.
thanks!
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