Submitted Questions

  • echo command

    in unix what is the purpose to use echo with the option "-e"?? i.e echo -e

    abhinav

    • Jan 19th, 2016

    Echo -e /nabhinav
    in this first a blank line will be printed after that in next line abhinav. -e is used for special symbols

    Gaurav Khurana

    • Jan 9th, 2015

    For me its printing -e also

    [/home/gk]=> echo -e "is it different"
    -e is it different
    [/home/gk]=> echo "is it different"
    is it different


    My unix is Sun OS 5.10