1echo "Checking echo to see how to suppress newlines..." 2if (echo "hi\c"; echo " ") | grep c >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then 3 echo "...using -n."; n=-n; c= 4else 5 cat <<EOM 6...using \c 7EOM 8 n=; c='\c' 9fi 10if test "$fastread" != yes; then 11 echo $n ..."The star should be here-->$c"; echo '*' 12fi 13 14