{"thread":{"id":"2776","subject":"Re: [PATCH] Use printf rather than echo -n.","startedAt":"2005-12-08T08:02:01Z","lastAt":"2005-12-08T08:02:01Z","messageCount":1,"participants":["linux@horizon.com"],"isPatch":true,"patchVersion":1,"patchTotal":null},"messages":[{"id":"13352","messageId":"20051208080201.11372.qmail@science.horizon.com","threadId":"2776","inReplyTo":null,"subject":"Re: [PATCH] Use printf rather than echo -n.","fromName":"","fromEmail":"linux@horizon.com","sentAt":"2005-12-08T08:02:01Z","receivedAt":"2005-12-08T08:02:01Z","isPatch":true,"sender":{"key":"linux@horizon.com","avatar":null},"body":"I know it's pointless, but continuing the rant...\n\n> On AIX, there is no -n option to the system's echo.\n\nWhat the F***?  \"echo -n\" was added in 7th edition:\nhttp://minnie.tuhs.org/UnixTree/V7/usr/src/cmd/echo.c.html\n(It's not in 6th edition:\nhttp://minnie.tuhs.org/UnixTree/V6/usr/source/s1/echo.c.html)\n\nNow, I realize that AIX is derived from UCLA Locus, which branched\noff from the Bell Labs source before 7th ed., but you'd think in the\nintervening twenty-seven years someone would have had slightly more brains\nthan a pithed frog and have thought to add the 7th edition features?\n"}]}