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Re: echo -n


From: Jyoti B Tenginakai
Subject: Re: echo -n
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2017 09:45:26 +0530

Thanks you all,

Again I see that this printf we can use. But there are some scenarios where the o/p does not exactly match with echo. So still its good to have a way to pirnt -n /-e/-E with echo. Can this be considered as bug and can this be fixed?

Thanks & Regards
--Jyoti

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Inactive hide details for Chet Ramey ---02/02/2017 11:21:16 PM---On 2/2/17 11:56 AM, Jyoti B Tenginakai wrote: > HI All,Chet Ramey ---02/02/2017 11:21:16 PM---On 2/2/17 11:56 AM, Jyoti B Tenginakai wrote: > HI All,

From: Chet Ramey <chet.ramey@case.edu>
To: Jyoti B Tenginakai <jyoti.b.t@in.ibm.com>, Pierre Gaston <pierre.gaston@gmail.com>
Cc: chet.ramey@case.edu, Sangamesh Mallayya <sangamesh.swamy@in.ibm.com>, "bug-bash@gnu.org" <bug-bash@gnu.org>
Date: 02/02/2017 11:21 PM
Subject: Re: echo -n





On 2/2/17 11:56 AM, Jyoti B Tenginakai wrote:
> HI All,
>
> Thanks for your quick response.
>
> I have tried using the printf instead of echo. But the issue with printf is
> , the behaviour is not consistent with what echo prints for all the inputs
> i.e.
> In my script I am generically using echo for all the options. If I have to
> use printf instead of it should behave consistently .
> if echo * is passed to bash shell, the o/p shows the \t seperated values
> whereas with printf '%s' *, it won't display space separated output. Again
> printf '%s ' # behaviour is different from what echo # shows

echo()
{
builtin printf "%s\n" "$*"
}

You can make this more elaborate if you want.

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