#!/bin/bash
clear
OPTIONS="option1 option2 option3 option4 option5 option6"
select opt in $OPTIONS; do

When writing menus for the CLI I start off with the above then use if statements to set up the menus. It works great but I would like to format the output displayed on the screen. As it is the menu script will display:

1) option 1 3) option3 5) option5
2) option 2 4) option4 6) option6

I would like to have the output look more like this for small menus:

1) option 1
2) option 2
3) option3
4) option4
5) option5
6) option6

I am sure the solution is simple but I can't seem to find the answer.

How would you format the output as wanted?

Thanks,
Ted.

Im not absolutely sure but try \n after each option and see if that helps.

Nope, it just sees the \n as another option to display on the screen. If I put \n after the OPTION line it just says it can't find the directory.

Thanks,
Ted.