GNU bug report logs - #27361
24.4; eshell/echo silently ignores -n argument

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org>

Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 16:17:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 24.4

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 27361 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
To: Phil Hagelberg <phil <at> hagelb.org>
Cc: 27361 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: bug#27361: 24.4; eshell/echo silently ignores -n argument
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:57:31 -0400

echo -n is famously non-portable.
Perhaps eshell is trying to make a point. ;)
echo --help does document the -n behaviour, and it's been like that
since always.
With eshell-plain-echo-behavior set, -n is simply ignored.
I would have thought you must have eshell-plain-echo-behavior set
if you want anything like "standard" echo behaviour.
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