diff --git a/ulib/base b/ulib/base
index 201c751..3490d85 100644
--- a/ulib/base
+++ b/ulib/base
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ function recho() {
     if [[ "${1:0:2}" == -[eEn] ]]; then
         echo -n -
         local first="${1:1}"; shift
-        echo "$first" "$@"
+        echo "$first$@"
     else
-        echo "$*"
+        echo "$@"
     fi
 }
 function recho_() {
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ function recho_() {
     if [[ "${1:0:2}" == -[eEn] ]]; then
         echo -n -
         local first="${1:1}"; shift
-        echo -n "$first" "$@"
+        echo -n "$first$@"
     else
-        echo -n "$*"
+        echo -n "$@"
     fi
 }
 function qval() {