Re: bug /bin/echo does not perform according to documentation

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:03:03 -0600, John Hutchins
<[email protected]> posted to bug-sh-utils:
 > [email protected]
 > Found that /bin/echo will not read \007 or \033 as bel and esc.
 > \c does not stop a new line.

Works here.

 $ /bin/echo -e '\007\033\c' | od -t x1
 0000000 07 1b
 0000002

Did you miss the part which says you need -e to enable this behavior?

 > /bin/echo --version
 > echo (GNU sh-utils) 2.0.11
 > Written by FIXME unknown.

Same here:

 $ /bin/echo --version
 echo (GNU sh-utils) 2.0.11
 Written by FIXME unknown.

 Copyright (C) 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Incidentally, sh-utils is now part of coreutils. Perhaps you want to
upgrade / sidegrade. See <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>

Hope this helps,

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