Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC 2/4] osstest: add support for installing bare metal FreeBSD

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger Pau Monné writes ("Re: [PATCH RFC 2/4] osstest: add support for 
installing bare metal FreeBSD"):
> Using echo seems better than printf:
...
> # printf "-Dh"
> printf: Illegal option -D

You want
  printf "%s" "-Dh"

$ echo -h
-h
$ echo -n
$ echo -nDh
-nDh
$ echo -n Dh
Dh$
$ printf %s -Dh
-Dh$
$ type echo
echo is a shell builtin
$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
$ /bin/echo -n
$ dpkg -S /bin/echo
coreutils: /bin/echo
$

Ian.

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