echo with no line feed

Isaac Good isaac@rentmagic.ca
Sun May 27 14:54:00 GMT 2007


Oops. Sorry for replying. Just joined the mail group and it was the
first email I got...

On 5/27/07, Larry Hall (Cygwin) <reply-to-list-only-lh@cygwin.com> wrote:
> John wrote:
> > I can't get:
> >
> > #! /bin/sh
> > echo "Type file name: \c"
> > read FNAME
> > echo $FNAME
> > #
> >
> > to work without the line feed (using " or ' quotes
> > in the echo). Any tips?
>
> Please don't commandeer another thread for your own purposes.  Replying to
> another thread and changing the subject doesn't start a new thread.  If you
> have a question that's not related to a current thread, please just start a
> new one.
>
> I think Isaac has answered your question.  If not, please send any follow-up
> in a new thread.
>
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