question

[lnl]

echo "password\r"
I can't echo the whole thing because of the back slash "\". the shell thinks it's an escape character?

Any slick way to do it?

[Denver Osborn · Accepted solution]

Not sure I understand your question... but you want to echo and have

password\r

returned to STDOUT, right? If so, then do this...

echo "password\\\r"


Is that what you're looking for?

-denver

[Patrick Wallek]

If you want password\r printed to the screen you need to do:

echo 'password\\r'

Note the use of the single-quotes (') rather than double quotes (") and the two back-slashes before the r.

[Denver Osborn]

or w/out quotes...

echo password\\\\r

[lnl]

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