On Tue, 30 Apr 1996 19:27:13 +1000  Giles Lean wrote:

> On Mon, 29 Apr 1996 17:31:18 -0700 (PDT)  Curt Sampson wrote:
> 
> > echo
> 	The infamous '-n' v. '\c'.

It looks a little grotty, but

	echo foo | tr -d '\012'

works with either type of echo.

Simon.
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