Raymond Toy writes:
> Vadim> (1) Is printf command available here?
> Vadim> printf "a\tb"
> Vadim> (2) Does echo command understand -e option?
> Vadim> echo -e "a\tb"
>
> Using sh, different results are produced. In fact, the manpage for
> echo says that "new applications are encouraged to use printf instead
> of echo".
Oh, some difference is expected. The important
thing is that both commands were executed without
errors.
> Sounds like printf is the way to go.
This is precisely what I did.
Thank you!
Vadim
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