Michaels:Scripts$ echo -n
Michaels:Scripts$ echo "-n"
Michaels:Scripts$ echo -e "-n"
Michaels:Scripts$ echo -- -n
-- -n
Michaels:Script$ echo -- "-n"
-- -n
Michaels:Script$ echo "-n"
-n

$ echo "x-n" | cut -c 2-
-n

$ echo -- '-n'|cut -d" " -f2
-n

$ printf "%sn" -n
-n

printf -- '-nn'

printf '%sn' -n

echo -n

echo -en '-nn'

echo -e '55n'

echo - -n

echo -n -; echo n

printf %s -n

echo -e 'r-n'

echo -n '-'; echo 'n'