echo command always prints its arguments

[Andrew T. Schnable]

> On every UNIX system I have ever used, there is no way to prevent
> the echo command from printing its arguments.  I would like to
> propose a "-q" option to echo which tells it to be quiet and go about
> its work without printing its arguments.
> -- 
> 
> 			Scott Orshan
> 			Bell Communications Research
> 			201-981-3064
> 			{ihnp4,allegra,bellcore,pyuxww}!u1100a!sdo

Great idea. Maybe cat(1) needs this argument too.  Heck, 
If we add it to everything, we may be able to do away with /dev/null!

andy ihuxo!schnable