Re: PPP bug

Kev (klmitch@MIT.EDU)
Mon, 08 Feb 1999 09:32:17 EST


> > echo -e "+\c"; sleep 1; echo -e "+\c"; sleep 1; echo -e "+\c"; sleep 1
> >
> What are \c for ?

"omit newline"; that's what versions of echo which don't have -n usually
substitute.

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