[ELDK] echo -e (busybox)

[Detlev Zundel]

Hi Giuseppe,

> I noticed that -e option of echo utility inside busybox that comes 
> with SELF package doesn't work.
>   root:~> echo -e "hello\nworld"
>   hellonworld
>
> On my Ubuntu Linux box:
>   user at ubuntu704desktop:~/temp/tmp$ echo -e "hello\nworld"
>   hello
>   world
>
> Could anyone suggest me the reason?

Configuration of busybox?  The "-e" and "-n" support is configurable.

Actually I just verified this with an ELDK-4.2 ramdisk:

~ # echo -e "test\ntest"
test
test
~ #

So what version of the ELDK SELF are you referring to?

Cheers
  Detlev

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