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>> Maybe a shell function checking the arguments before
>> calling echo would be a cleaner solution.
>>
> Or a distinct option to /bin/echo?
>
> ++L
>
why change echo when we have a perfectly cromulent system in place?

fn echo {
    if(~ $1?*)
            /bin/echo -n $1
}