echo without newline character

srilaxmi · #1 (**permalink**) 11-10-2008

hi,

I have a for loop where in I write some file name to another file.
I want to write all the filenames to another without any newlines. how can i avoid getting new lines with echo?

Thanks,
Srilaxmi

jim mcnamara · #2 (**permalink**) 11-10-2008

Depends on your system try one of:

Code:

echo "text \c"
# or
echo -n "text "

joeyg · #3 (**permalink**) 11-10-2008

You should also explore the printf command, as in a command below:

printf "%-8s|%-20s\n" "$zf" "$unique" >>file4

I write two variables $zf and $unique to my file4, with fixed spacing and a | character between the two fields.

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