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Why doesn't echo support "\e" (escape) when using the -e argument in MacOSX

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When I try to print out some colored text using ANSI escape sequences via the built-in command, it seems that the escape sequence in the string I provide is interpreted literally instead of as the "escape" it's supposed to represent. This only happens in Snow Leopard -- the examples below work as iā€¦

Error Output

~ $ 
~ $ echo "\n"
\n
~ $ echo -e "\n"


~ $

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