Skip new line

pmpx · #1 (**permalink**) 10-11-2005

Hi,
how can I skip the new line of echo? In SH!!!!

echo "the date is :"
date

and result I want is
the date is : Tue Oct 11 22:24:37 WEST 2005

I've already tried including the \c inside the echo, but it didn't work.

Thanks!

vertigo23 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-11-2005

echo -n "the date is: "

monsanbu · #3 (**permalink**) 10-13-2005

Try this

Code:

echo "the date is :\c"
date

--Mons

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