Due to Ubuntu bug #259671, need to use bash instead of sh, otherwise the...
Created by: mikem2005
... -e will appear in the output.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dash/+bug/259671
To see, on Ubuntu 12.04 try:
mike@git:$ sh -c 'echo -e "foo"'
-e foo
mike@git:$ echo -e "foo"
foo
This is a new pull request as my previous one was closed with an inaccurate statement that bash is the default shell and thus it should work. It doesn't. This was repo'd on a fresh Ubuntu 12.04 install so the installation instructions need to be fixed.
Thanks!