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From: dave@uwvax.UUCP (Dave Cohrs)
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Subject: Re: more on echo command
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Date: Sat, 13-Apr-85 10:50:54 EST
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>                                                     I had been using a
> 'C' routine for this purpose, and finally discovered that I could say:
> 	echo "^G\c"
> only to find out it does not work with UCB 4.2.

With the 4.2BSD csh, the command 'echo -n ^G' works just fine.  This is also
the behavior of the 4.2 /bin/echo.  The other version works on Sys[35] and
version 7 (I think, it's been a while).
-- 
dave cohrs
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