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echo with sh.exe doesn't understand multiple parameters


With the echo command, using -n or -e alone with sh works fine:

$ echo -e blah
blah
$ echo -n blah
blah$

but when you try to use both flags at once, sh seems to get confused:

blah$ echo -n -e blah
-e blah$

Is there a workaround?

John

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