No, Here is the line in my script and the report, hmm? echo "\n############# New /etc/aliases file from Listserv ###############" >> $outfile \n############# New /etc/aliases file from Listserv ############### -----Original Message----- From: Anders Johansson [mailto:andjoh@rydsbo.net] Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:26 PM To: suse-programming-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [suse-programming-e] line feed On Wednesday 01 June 2005 23:08, Patrick B. O'Brien wrote:
I usually would use a \n to tell my shell script to line feed but that does not work using Red Hat/Suse /bin/bash.
What exactly is it you would normally do that doesn't work?
How can I tell my /bin/bash shell script to \n line feed without doing an echo " " > $outfile?
adding a \n to the last thing you output doesn't work? echo -e 'This line is terminated by a line feed\n' > $outfile for example -- To unsubscribe, email: suse-programming-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, email: suse-programming-e-help@suse.com Archives can be found at: http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-programming-e