#! /bin/bash
#
# echoing script - demonstrating echoing
#
# -e option turns on interpretation of backslash characters
# -E option turns off interpretation of backslash characters
# -n option omits the final newline for an echo statement
#


echo -e "sounds bell \a"
echo -E "doesn't sound bell \a"

echo -e "print some new lines: \n\n\n"


# two ways to suppress new lines, some versions of echo might only
# support one or the other
echo -n "suppress a new line "
echo "and continue on the same line"

echo -e "suppress another new line \c"
echo "and continue on the same line"

echo -e "here is a \t tab"
echo "here is a backslash \\"