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From: sdo@u1100a.UUCP (Scott Orshan)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.bugs
Subject: Re: echo command always prints its arguments
Message-ID: <798@u1100a.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 09:30:34 EST
Article-I.D.: u1100a.798
Posted: Wed Apr  3 09:30:34 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Apr-85 06:35:01 EST
References: <797@u1100a.UUCP>
Reply-To: sdo@u1100a.UUCP (Scott Orshan)
Organization: Bell Communications Research, Piscataway, NJ
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Summary: April Fool

In article <797@u1100a.UUCP> I wrote:
>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

OK.  I've gotten enough replies.  April Fool.  Most people
realized this and answered in the spirit of the day.  However,
I don't blame those who took it seriously - it resembles many
of the legitimate articles posted here.  It's also a take-off
on "cat -v"

Most of the answers said to use "echo arg ... >/dev/null"

A better answer (since it doesn't involve opening /dev/null)
was "echo '\c' arg ..." (In the USG echo, \c is used as "-n" is
used in BSD).

-- 

			Scott Orshan
			Bell Communications Research
			201-981-3064
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