http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/05/echo-or-cat-multiple-lines-or-paragraph-of-text-from-within-a-shell-script/ Tutorials, Guides, Tips, and Tricks from Everyday Experiences Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:08:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/05/echo-or-cat-multiple-lines-or-paragraph-of-text-from-within-a-shell-script/#comment-876 Derek@TheDailyLinux Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:14:49 +0000 http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/?p=1795#comment-876 When I said "efficient", I more so meant it from a script writing perspective rather than performance. There have been cases where I've run across a situation where <code>cat</code> was more efficient to write than <code>echo</code>. Thanks for the feedback. I'll have to pay better attention in future scripts. When I said “efficient”, I more so meant it from a script writing perspective rather than performance. There have been cases where I’ve run across a situation where cat was more efficient to write than echo. Thanks for the feedback. I’ll have to pay better attention in future scripts.

]]> http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/2010/05/echo-or-cat-multiple-lines-or-paragraph-of-text-from-within-a-shell-script/#comment-875 Lukasz Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:47:39 +0000 http://www.thelinuxdaily.com/?p=1795#comment-875 I do not agree that using the external command 'cat' is "much more efficient" as you said than using the bash built-in command 'echo'. To use the 'cat' a new process is created what costs much more time that calling the internal bash function to echo a string. I do not agree that using the external command ‘cat’ is “much more efficient” as you said than using the bash built-in command ‘echo’. To use the ‘cat’ a new process is created what costs much more time that calling the internal bash function to echo a string.

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