On Wednesday 9 February 2005 22:57, Gerald Combs wrote:
Is there any way within bash to display an ellipsis character in xterm, PuTTY, or other terminals in common use?
Not sure if this is what you're looking for but it's worth a shot:
# echo -e \051 ) # echo -e \050 (
Which would be with one backlash inside a script.