According to Alfred M. Szmidt on 2/15/2010 6:14 AM:
>    /bin/echo -e \\x2Dn
> 
> Alas, -e is not guaranteed by POSIX.

That's the whole point.  POSIX _guarantees_ that echo is non-portable with
options or with backslash, and that if you want to echo something starting
with -n, you must use something other than echo to achieve that effect.

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