wierd behavior of echo on a Vax

[diamond@tkovoa]

In article <DOB.90Aug13152348 at tws1.inel.gov> dob at inel.gov (David L. Brooks) writes:

 >on a final note:  the signature following my address was added by lawyers
 >... otherwise we can't post.
 >
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I move that your organization not post.  This is not a joke.
Alternatively, have other sites bill your lawyers the thousands of
dollars of network expenses that are wasted from copying that signature
EVERY TIME, and disable yourself from posting until they pay it.

Obligatory joke:
The rubout characters in the output of your echo command were inserted
by Digital in a feeble attempt to correct your signature.
(Oh sorry, I thought this was rec.humor.)
-- 
Norman Diamond, Nihon DEC     diamond at tkou02.enet.dec.com
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