echo -e working in terminal but not in bash script

Question

I developed and maintain a ruby gem called Githug and I am trying to write an automated test script for it. Githug basically manipulates a directory to put it into differen

Answer 1

As commented, printf is the preferred option, as illustrated in Git 2.14.x/2.15 (Q4 2017)

printf '%s\n%s' "$FULL_NAME" "$EMAIL"

See commit 1a6d468 (17 Sep 2017) by Torsten Bögershausen (tboegi).
^{(Merged by Torsten Bögershausen -- tboegi -- in commit 1a6d468, 21 Sep 2017)}

test-lint: echo -e (or -E) is not portable

Some implementations of echo support the '-e' option to enable backslash interpretation of the following string.
As an addition, they support '-E' to turn it off.

However, none of these are portable, POSIX doesn't even mention them, and many implementations don't support them.

A check for '-n' is already done in check-non-portable-shell.pl, extend it to cover '-n', '-e' or '-E'.

Answer 2

Wrong shebang:

#! /bin/sh

When it shall be a bash script, use

#! /bin/bash

Bash has a buildin echo, which isn't 100% identic with /bin/echo.