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

Another alternative:

echo x-e | sed 's/^x//'

This is the way recommended by the autoconf manual:

[...] It is often possible to avoid this problem using 'echo "x$word"', taking the 'x' into account later in the pipe.