# man echo
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-n Do not print the trailing newline character. This may also be achieved by
appending `\c' to the end of the string, as is done by iBCS2 compatible sys-
tems. Note that this option as well as the effect of `\c' are implementation-
defined in IEEE Std 1003.1-2001 (``POSIX.1'') as amended by Cor. 1-2002.
Applications aiming for maximum portability are strongly encouraged to use
printf(1) to suppress the newline character.
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