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Old 02-05-2009
how to display multiline text
I am writing script that can run on solaris 10, Linux Fedora and windows taht has cybwin installed.

I want to display a variable containing muli-line text.

using echo command, the variable display all rows in single line i.e. it loses the format.

Is there any other command that displays the text exactly multil-lined and that can run on all above mentioned platforms.

Moazzam
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Old 02-05-2009
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How do you know it is multi-lined?
Are there embedded <CR> or <LF> characters?

Can you provide a sample?
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Old 02-05-2009
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Originally Posted by mmunir
I am writing script that can run on solaris 10, Linux Fedora and windows taht has cybwin installed.

I want to display a variable containing muli-line text.

using echo command, the variable display all rows in single line i.e. it loses the format.

Is there any other command that displays the text exactly multil-lined and that can run on all above mentioned platforms.

Always quote variables when referencing their values:

Code:
echo "$var"

Due to the inconsistencies between different versions of echo, printf is a better choice:

Code:
printf "%s\n" "$var"

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