bash script question on \c

[unixstudent]

\c doesn't seem to be working in my script to leave cursor at the end of an echo directly followed by a read command. any suggestions?

echo "Place cursor here: \c"
read variable

will render as:

Place cursor here: \c
(cursor here)

 

[MikeLacey]

Are you picking up a version of [tt]echo[/tt] that's built into the shell?

Try specifying the full path when you call [tt]echo[/tt], like this [tt]/usr/bin/echo[/tt] (or wherever [tt]echo[/tt] is stored on your system)

Mike
michael.j.lacey@ntlworld.com