-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If the default shell is dash it will interpret the escape sequences by default. so in dash: echo "\n\n\n\n\n" output is the same, of the bash output of echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n".
I had done the following test in my system (debian etch): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/trab/lmello/debian/dash-goal$ bash #output of echo in bash [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/trab/lmello/debian/dash-goal$ echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n" [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/trab/lmello/debian/dash-goal$ exit [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/trab/lmello/debian/dash-goal$ dash #output of echo -e in dash $ echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n" - -e #output of echo in dash $ echo "\n\n\n\n\n" $ exit [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/trab/lmello/debian/dash-goal$ best regards. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://getfiregpg.org iD8DBQFIFybfLsy/JSmhVFURAlrcAJ9HhdLkuHE2It0Q6ga+AZO9ncug+ACfeThH JamDmAMKX4n+6Bg27JwKJhw= =8/oL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- 2008/4/29 Vivek Dasmohapatra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ > > dh_testroot > > dh_clean -k > > dh_installdirs > > - - echo -e "\n\n\n\n\n" | perl ./installer.pl /usr/bin/perl /usr > /usr/share/perl5 `pwd`/debian/dbishell > > + echo "\n\n\n\n\n" | perl ./installer.pl /usr/bin/perl /usr > /usr/share/perl5 `pwd`/debian/dbishell > > > > Not going to work, afaict. /bin/echo or printf would be a better bet. > -- Leonardo Rodrigues de Mello jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
