#! /bin/sh

# echo -- defines a function that echoes without a trailing newline
# $Id$
# Carlos Duarte, 981007

# usage: . echo 

#verbose=es

if test `echo -n x | wc -l` -eq 0; then
	function echo_n() { echo -n "$@"; }
	test y$verbose = yes && echo "echo -n works..."
elif test `echo x\\\\c | wc -l` -eq 0; then 
	function echo_n() { echo "$@\c"; }
	test y$verbose = yes && echo "echo ... \\c works..."
else 
	function echo_n() { echo "$@" | tr -d \\012; }
	test y$verbose = yes && echo "must use tr -d \\012..."
fi

## test
echo_n --\>
echo_n \*

echo ''