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   Muhammad Usman to John   
   Re: The angle bracket in an echo command   
   13 May 23 02:39:58   
   
   From: muhammadusman319320@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, 13 May 2023 at 13:36:03 UTC+5, Kerr-Mudd, John wrote:   
   > On Fri, 12 May 2023 23:53:16 -0700 (PDT)   
   > Muhammad Usman  wrote:   
   >   
   > > I got the solution just after 26 years. Use single quotes such as   
   > ... and changing OS.   
   > > echo -e ''   
   > > will solve the issue.   
   > >   
   > > If we use double quotes, it will surely raise an error.   
   > > echo -e ""   
   > > ```bash: !DOCTYPE: event not found```   
   > >   
   > DOS: (actually a(n?) XP cmd window)   
   >   
   > C:\>echo -e ''   
   > The system cannot find the file specified.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
   > --   
   > Bah, and indeed Humbug.   
      
      
   I was doing it on bash shell linux. Never tried it on DOS or windows   
      
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