Hello Todd, Eric Cook wrote: > This is an intentional relic of the past, you really should use printf.
See https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/echo.html#tag_20_37_18 BTW/1: Because of this /bin/echo behaves the same way in most Linux distribution. BTW/2: echo -n -n$'\n' will print a -n in the bash. Best regards Martin