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From: "Boyd Roberts" <boyd@fr.inter.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] weird print(2) problems...
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Date: Wed,  5 Sep 2001 21:40:09 +0200
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> then {echo ''} shouldn't print a newline, as there's nothing to echo.
> there's no obvious answer except that we shouldn't try to "fix" it.

err...

    http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/1/echo

    Echo writes its arguments separated by blanks and terminated by a
    newline on the standard output. Option -n suppresses the newline.

_terminated by a newline_.