cygwin-owner@cygwin.com wrote on 04-08-2006 14:23:49: >> Hi >> I am new to Cygwin and I am just trying to use the escape character example > is >> echo "\t\t Hello" >> but this returns \t\t Hello and ignores the escape characters. >> I was looking for it to return Hello with a couple of TABS in front like > it does on our True64 unix system. Is the escape character differant in > Cygwin or am I missing something ??? any help would be great > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Escape- > Character-tf2050870.html#a5649305 > Sent from the Cygwin Users forum at Nabble.com. "man echo" has the answer - on Cygwin use the "-e" argument ie : echo -e "\t\t Hello" Med venlig hilsen / Regards Franz Wolfhagen Tivoli Senior I/T Specialist IBM Denmark -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/