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Kenny Chau
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BASH escape character

Hi Linux Experts,

I would like to know how to make the escape characters works in the script like below:

#!/bin/bash
echo "Enter date: \c"
read ans

Output is:
Enter date:
_

It will work in the HP-UX 11.0 sh but not in the RH 7.0 bash. How can I make the escape characters works in bash?

Thanks.
Kenny.
Kenny
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Marcin Golembski_1
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Re: BASH escape character

From the top of my head - if you are trying to suppress the newline, I think

echo -e "Enter date: \c"

or

echo -n "Enter date: "

should work. See man bash to make sure...

Kenny Chau
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Re: BASH escape character

Thanks Marcin, thanks for your help.

Regards,
Kenny.
Kenny