Re: echo "-e" produces no outputs

[Bauke Jan Douma]

Eric Blake wrote on 07/17/2009 09:09 PM:
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> According to Huang Tao on 7/17/2009 9:46 AM:
> > I'm not sure whether it is a bug
> > how can i echo the text string "-e" barely ( or "-n", "-E")
> > i tried
> > $echo "-e"
> > $echo '-e'
> > and some other inputs, all of which produced no outputs.
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> Instead of using echo (which POSIX itself admits is fraught with
> portability problems), use printf:
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> printf -- '-e\n'

or:
echo -n "-" ; echo "e"

bjd