echo “-e” doesn't print anything

Question

I\'m using GNU bash, version 3.00.15(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu). And this command:

echo \"-e\" 

doesn\'t print anything. I guess

Answer 1

You could cheat by doing

echo "-e "

That would be dash, e, space.

Alternatively you can use the more complex, but more precise:

echo -e \\\\x2De