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Re: Re: Shell script - insert newline into string

by LrdShaper :: Rate this Message:

Brendon Oliver-2 wrote:

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:53:17 am Tony Wilson wrote:

> That works from the command line, but not in script!
>
> string=`echo -e "A\nB\nCDE\nF"`
> echo $string
>
> output:
> A B CDE F

Why the need to put echo itself in the string? Why not:
string="A\nB\nCDE\tF"
echo -e $string

Cheers!

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