From: Anthony Sorace <a@9srv.net>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] echo -n and zero-length write(2)
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:10:56 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6D87D0D9-45EA-4D43-BDC0-010293C32A68@9srv.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACzOosDi7uK-JPvTcdN3So9VzhkjmfvBto0YwUTkdWka41r65Q@mail.gmail.com>
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> Any suggestion?
There is no "better" answer to this question. You are advised to
read "The Unix and the Echo"[1], by Doug McIlroy, and Russ Cox's
adaptation for our system, "The Plan 9 and the Echo"[2].
If you need different behavior than what's there, you want
something other than echo.
[1] http://everything2.com/title/The+UNIX+and+the+Echo)
[2] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/comp.os.plan9/Bg-gyAzbWiE/VZj7qSVn5uIJ
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2014-01-24 3:27 cherry
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