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From: schnable@ihuxo.UUCP (Andrew T. Schnable)
Newsgroups: net.unix,net.bugs
Subject: Re: echo command always prints its arguments
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Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 14:13:42 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr  3 14:13:42 1985
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> 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