Red Hat shell scripting problem

[Jeffrey Wong]

Thats odd, I just tried it on a couple of different linux distros and
found the same thing.  It works like you under (t)csh but not under bash.  
On the other hand, when I tried it on Solaris I get the opposite.  It
works under sh, but not under (t)csh.  I'd guess it depends on the
particular platform/shell combination. One quick work around for it is the
most echo commands use the '-n' switch as suppress newline, but YMMV

Jeff

On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Duane wrote:

> I have been looking around for info on this and figured I'd see what you guys
> say.  I am running Red Hat 7.1  with my default shell as bash.  When I run a
> script with the \c (to suppress carriage return) , \n (carriage return) or
> any other \ options, it doesn't work.  I just get the the \c (or whatever)
> echoed to the screen.  I tried it as root with the same result.  If I run it
> on BSD or Solaris it works fine.  I couldn't find anything at redhat.com.
> Has anyone else experienced this?  I thought it might be an enviornment
> setting, but after playing around, I've changed my mind.  Any help would be
> great.  All my scripts look silly right now.
> 
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> Duane Stadden
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