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Due to Ubuntu bug #259671, need to use bash instead of sh, otherwise the...

Ramya Authappan requested to merge github/fork/mikem2005/stable into master

Created by: mikem2005

... -e will appear in the output.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dash/+bug/259671

To see, on Ubuntu 12.04 try: mike@git:~$ sh -c 'echo -e "foo"' -e foo mike@git:~$ echo -e "foo" foo

This is a new pull request as my previous one was closed with an inaccurate statement that bash is the default shell and thus it should work. It doesn't. This was repo'd on a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install so the installation instructions need to be fixed.

Thanks!

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