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# 1  
Old 12-11-2008
echo and new line
hi

I want to display:

The students are:
a
b
c

What I get from
echo "The students are:" "$list"

is

The students are: a
b
c


any idea?
# 2  
Old 12-11-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by melanie_pfefer
hi

I want to display:

The students are:
a
b
c

What I get from
echo "The students are:" "$list"

is

The students are: a
b
c


any idea?
try this
Code:
 
 echo "The students are:\n""$list"

# 3  
Old 12-11-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by vidyadhar85
try this
Code:
 
 echo "The students are:\n""$list"

You forgot the -e option: Smilie
Code:
 
echo -e "The students are:\n""$list"

Regards
# 4  
Old 12-11-2008
Adding that -e enables backslash escape. I think it's a newer option.

Perhaps it's better to use printf in this case? For portability?
# 5  
Old 12-11-2008
Another approach
Code:
echo "The students are:" ; echo "$list"

# 6  
Old 12-11-2008
Quote:
Originally Posted by Franklin52
You forgot the -e option: Smilie
Code:
 
echo -e "The students are:\n""$list"

Regards
in AIX there is no -e option with echo so it takes "\n" or "\t" and so on...Smilie
# 7  
Old 12-11-2008
Then printf should be better for portability as nj67 mentioned or use the solution of joeyg.
Without the -e option it doesn't work on a Linux box.

Regards
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