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Re: faster AS_ECHO on Solaris
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Paolo Bonzini |
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Re: faster AS_ECHO on Solaris |
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Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:24:46 +0100 |
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Macintosh/20080914) |
> +Since @command{printf} is not always a shell builtin, there is a
> +potential speed penalty for using @code{printf %s\\n} as a replacement
> +for an @command{echo} that does not interpret @samp{\} or leading
> address@hidden With Solaris @command{ksh}, it is possible to use @code{print
> +-r --} for this role instead.
It's not just Solaris, pdksh supports "print -r --" too.
Paolo