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# 1  
Old 10-08-2014
Formatting echo o/p
Hi Team,

Need a small help. I want to format my echo o/p. let say

Code:
echo "[Daily]       helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo "

I want o/p to be displayed in below format
Code:
[Daily]       helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo 
                 helo helo helo helo helo helo

Moderator's Comments:
Mod Comment If you want formatted output; it is absolutely crucial that you use CODE tags so we can actually see the format you want.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 10-08-2014 at 01:57 AM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 10-08-2014
Code:
echo -e "[Daily] helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo\n helo helo helo helo helo helo "

# 3  
Old 10-08-2014
Thanks for your reply. When I tried the way you said but it is not working.
Code:
[ldn005@gvkumar25]echo -e "[INFO]   helllllllo helllllo \n hw r u"
-e [INFO]   helllllllo helllllo
 hw r u

--------------------------
but I need the output to be in below format
Code:
([INFO]    helllllllo helllllo
               hw r u)

one more question is if my echo statement contains more character i want it to be formatted automatically in the above way

---------- Post updated at 12:20 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:12 AM ----------

Code:
[INFO]    helllllllo helllllo
          hw r u

Last edited by Franklin52; 10-08-2014 at 11:39 AM.. Reason: Adding code tags
# 4  
Old 10-08-2014
You did not specify what OS or shell you're using. The behavior of echo varies considerably from OS to OS and shell to shell.

Although what Aia suggested will work on some systems using some shells, any echo that conforms to standard requirements would print the output:
Code:
-e [Daily] helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo\n helo helo helo helo helo helo

if given that echo command.

As long as the strings you want to print do not contain any backslash characters and the 1st character to be printed is not a hyphen (as in your desired output), you could portably use two echo commands:
Code:
echo "[Daily]       helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo "
echo "                 helo helo helo helo helo helo"

Anytime you are printing data that contains any backslashes or data that starts with a hyphen, you should use printf instead of echo.
# 5  
Old 10-08-2014
I am using korn shell and OS--AIX

Code:
[ERROR]   Supplied invalid Parameters
[ERROR]   Supplied Input file is a zero byte file.
 Usage  File_protocal.sh -c<Configuration file name  need to be specified   > <-d file  configuration file delimeter need to be specified> -s<Source directory where transfer files are generated>

---------- Post updated at 01:00 AM ---------- Previous update was at 12:51 AM ----------

I want to format above output.


Code:
[ERROR]   .......  
          .......
[ERROR]   ......

# 6  
Old 10-08-2014
Code:
echo "\
[Daily]     helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo helo
                helo helo helo helo helo helo"

Last edited by MadeInGermany; 10-08-2014 at 04:21 AM.. Reason: added spaces
# 7  
Old 10-08-2014
This is a CygWin test but might work with your echo version:-
Code:
#!/bin/sh
newline="
"
echo "This is a line...$newline              And this is another line."

results:-
Code:
AMIGA:~> cd /tmp
AMIGA:/tmp> chmod 755 echo_format.sh
AMIGA:/tmp> dos2unix echo_format.sh
dos2unix: converting file echo_format.sh to Unix format ...
AMIGA:/tmp> ./echo_format.sh
This is a line...
              And this is another line.
AMIGA:/tmp> _

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