From: Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
To: Alexander Holler <holler@ahsoftware.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: What does echo -c do (as found in dynamic-debug-howto.txt)
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2013 06:25:59 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <52BD71D7.9060709@landley.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52BC698A.9030805@ahsoftware.de>
On 12/26/13 11:38, Alexander Holler wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've just read Documentation/dynamic-debug-howto.txt (again) and I
> wonder what the parameter -c for echo is for (found at lines 94 ff).
>
> Neither echo from coreutils nor the buildin from bash do know the
> parameter -c.
Huh. No idea.
Annotate points at Jason Baron, whom you've cc'd...
Rob
> Is that -c a parameter for a buildin echo of one of the various shells,
> a typo (looks unlikely) or do I miss something else which make me look a
> noob?
I've implemented echo for toybox, it has -n and -e support. "man echo"
shows -neE (and -E is one of those pointless gnuisms that doesn't
actualy do anything). man bash shows the echo builtin also has -neE.
No -c anywhere to be found, it's not just you...
Rob
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-12-26 17:38 What does echo -c do (as found in dynamic-debug-howto.txt) Alexander Holler
2013-12-27 12:25 ` Rob Landley [this message]
2014-01-01 11:54 ` [PATCH] Documentation: correct typo in dynamic-debug-howto.txt (echo -c -> echo -n) Alexander Holler
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