Possible bug in SunOS System V echo?

Maarten Litmaath maart at cs.vu.nl
Thu May 3 03:44:59 AEST 1990


In article <12762 at smoke.BRL.MIL>,
	gwyn at smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) writes:
)In article <14020094 at hpisod2.HP.COM> decot at hpisod2.HP.COM (Dave Decot) writes:
)-...
)-If thou requirest special processing beyond simply echoing printing
)-characters followed by a newline, thou shalt use the "printf" utility:
)-    printf "Hi there!\n\nEnter your name: "
)
)Well, that's dumb.  Now I have to support TWO commands, where one would do.
)What sort of standardization is this?

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