[Bug 229472] man echo misses -e option

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Rodrigo Osorio <rodrigo at FreeBSD.org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from Rodrigo Osorio <rodrigo at FreeBSD.org> ---
I think 'echo' man page tends to be as generic as possible and you should refer
the shell manpage itself for additional options. AFAIK the "-e" option isn't
supported by csh.

The 'sh' manpage provide the information you want :

echo [-e | -n] [string ...]
  -e      Process C-style backslash escape sequences.  The echo ....

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