Difference between AIX and Linux in ksh shell

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Issue

  • The AIX version of ksh does not require the -e option with the echo command to interpret a backslash as an escape character while Linux the version requires the -e option to interpret a backslash as an escape character.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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