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
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