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And how could I store this in a variable?

BrainStone
– BrainStone

2013-08-26 23:50:45 +00:00
Commented Aug 26, 2013 at 23:50
I can't get it work. I always get problems with echo -e, echo -en and read .... This only happens when the code is present in the file! I don't really understand this!

BrainStone
– BrainStone

2013-08-27 00:54:56 +00:00
Commented Aug 27, 2013 at 0:54
It seems like I broke some setting. echo -e worked before but now it doesn't! What might have caused this and how do I restore it?

BrainStone
– BrainStone

2013-08-27 01:11:30 +00:00
Commented Aug 27, 2013 at 1:11

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