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Old 11-30-2010
printing two values with TAB in between
Dear friends,
I want to print variables' values in certain format where space between two values of variables is "a tab"

I tried where I provided "tab" between two varibales.
But when it print values on screen its giving me output without spaces in two values.

Request you to help me in guiding me.
Thanks,
Anushree.
# 2  
Old 11-30-2010
Code:
var1="hello"
var2="world"
echo -e "$var1\t$var2"

# 3  
Old 11-30-2010
Thank you Kevintse for the quick help.
I tried the solution its giving me desired output but it has "-e" at the starting of line.
e.g.
-e rem renn red redd
-e is not expected in output.
Please help.
Anushree.
# 4  
Old 11-30-2010
Your probably using the ksh shell (not bash) so -e option isn't required, just drop it.

If no luck you can also try:

Code:
var1="hello"
var2="world"
echo "$var1\011$var2"

Last edited by Chubler_XL; 11-30-2010 at 01:27 AM..
# 5  
Old 11-30-2010
Code:
var1="hello"
var2="world"
/bin/echo -e "$var1\t$var2"

# 6  
Old 11-30-2010
ilikecows, this dosn't work on AIX (or Solaris I think).
\
Code:
$ /bin/echo -e "test\ttest"
-e test test

# 7  
Old 11-30-2010
Quote:
Originally Posted by anushree.a
Dear friends,
I want to print variables' values in certain format where space between two values of variables is "a tab"

I tried where I provided "tab" between two varibales.
But when it print values on screen its giving me output without spaces in two values.

Request you to help me in guiding me.
Thanks,
Anushree.
put quotes around the values you need to print as such
Code:
echo 'My        World'
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