1 diff --git a/src/man.c b/src/man.c
2 index 62eaee4a0fed..3d4a8d0bcbcf 100644
5 @@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ make_roff_command (const char *path, const char *file) {
6 the current position plus 10 lines. This plus setpl()
7 gives us a single page that just contains the whole
8 man page. (William Webber, wew@cs.rmit.edu.au) */
9 - strcat(buft, "; echo \".\\\\\\\"\"; echo \".pl \\n(nlu+10\"");
10 + strcat(buft, "; printf '%s\\n' \".\\\\\\\"\" \".pl \\n(nlu+10\"");
12 /* In case this doesnt work for some reason,
13 michaelkjohnson suggests: I've got a simple