In bash or sh terminal I get this strange response when using echo.
It's really best just to give you the code:
user@localhost:~$ text="?"; echo $text
P T V
user@localhost:~$ text='?'; echo $text
P T V
user@localhost:~$ text='?'; printf "$text\n"
?
So, printf works nicely but is there a way to get printf to take the escape sequences of variables?
I think it might have happened after messing around with Gnome-Shell extensions but not sure.
Any idea why it's happening or how to get rid of it?