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# 8  
Old 11-12-2010
The use of proper quoting is essential here. Don't forget to put the double quotes exactly where I put them. I've highlighted them in my previous post.
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 11-12-2010 at 02:26 PM..
# 9  
Old 11-12-2010
Code:
awk 'BEGIN{print "This is the output of ps command\n"
system("ps -ef")
print "\nOutput Complete\n"}'

# 10  
Old 11-12-2010
Code:
message="this is the output of ps command\n\n$(ps -ef)\n\nOutput Complete\n"
printf "$message"

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# 11  
Old 11-12-2010
Thanks a lot scrutinizer , it works as I wanted. Thanks everybody for providing your inputs.
# 12  
Old 11-12-2010
Code:
this is the output of ps command

     UID     PID    PPID TTY     STIME COMMAND
  Anurag    1856       1 con  00:56:57 /usr/bin/bash
  Anurag   18088    1856 con  01:20:13 /usr/bin/pdksh
  Anurag   13864   18088 con  01:20:13 /usr/bin/ps

Output Complete

This is the output I'm getting.
Make sure you put double quotes around the variable
Code:
echo "$message"

Without double qoute, output will be in a single line.
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