Printing "-n"

Hi,

I want to print "-n" in shell.

i tried follwoing:
echo -n "-n"
but it did not work.
Please help.

I've had a similar issue. This worked for me:

Code:

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echo - -n

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or

Code:

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echo -n - -n

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depending on what you are trying to do. I don't know why just one dash there works, instead of the usual "dash dash" to end options.

For greater flexibility you may want to look at printf:

Code:

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printf "-n"

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