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		Aaron2222 62 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Don't create .gitkeep files, use .gitignore instea... > The \n won't be interpreted specially by echo unless it gets the -e option. Author's probably using Zsh, which interprets them by default.

_kst_ 61 days ago [–]

If you want any kind of non-trivial formatting, use the printf command, not echo.

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