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From: Anthony Sorace <a@9srv.net>
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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 23:10:56 -0500
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] echo -n and zero-length write(2)
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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/VZj7qSVn5u=
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