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Note that -n and \c are implementation-defined as per TC1 to POSIX 2001.

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schweikh 2003-05-08 17:47:28 +00:00
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@ -58,11 +58,20 @@ output.
The following option is available:
.Bl -tag -width flag
.It Fl n
Do not print the trailing newline character. This may also be
achieved by appending
Do not print the trailing newline character.
This may also be achieved by appending
.Ql \ec
to the end of the string, as is done
by iBCS2 compatible systems.
Note that this option as well as the effect of
.Ql \ec
are implementation-defined in
.St -p1003.1-2001
as amended by Cor. 1-2002.
Applications aiming for maximum
portability are strongly encouraged to use
.Xr printf 1
to suppress the newline character.
.El
.Pp
Some shells may provide a builtin