Comments on: How to Use echo Command in Bash Scripts in Linux https://www.ubuntumint.com/use-echo-in-bash-script/ UbuntuMint - Everything About Ubuntu Linux Fri, 25 Aug 2023 03:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Walt https://www.ubuntumint.com/use-echo-in-bash-script/#comment-924 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 20:26:11 +0000 https://www.ubuntumint.com/?p=1966#comment-924 “Carriage Return(\r) – Removes everything that comes before \r and prints only what is after \r.”

This is incorrect. It actually prints everything but the \r causes the output to reset the carriage (the cursor) to its home position (column 0) before continuing the output.

If you use

$ echo -e "Welcome to \r Tips"

you will see the difference.

]]> By: M Clasquin https://www.ubuntumint.com/use-echo-in-bash-script/#comment-607 Tue, 13 Jul 2021 11:12:14 +0000 https://www.ubuntumint.com/?p=1966#comment-607 Why the two versions? In case you use a different shell, perhaps?

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