[SOLVED] Better way of writing this command of leaving multiple blank lines

murali2489 · 02-02-2015, 02:41 AM

Hi All..

I need to give four lines of gap(Freespace) between two command outputs.

what i did was below

Code:

echo "" >>$LOG_DIR/$LOG_NAME
echo "" >>$LOG_DIR/$LOG_NAME
echo "" >>$LOG_DIR/$LOG_NAME
echo "" >>$LOG_DIR/$LOG_NAME
print "***************** LEVEL 2: Truncating  Tables: Success:  tables Truncated ***********************" >> $LOG/$LOG_NAME
echo "" >>$LOG_DIR/$LOG_NAME
echo "" >>$LOG_DIR/$LOG_NAME
echo "" >>$LOG_DIR/$LOG_NAME
echo "" >>$LOG_DIR/$LOG_NAME
# Run the load scripts.
echo "***************** LEVEL 3: Loading Dupe Check Tables: Success: Dupe Check tables Loaded***********************" >> $LOG/$LOG_NAME

Is there any better way of writing this command to leave multiple lines between two commands.

Please advise...

TenTenths · 02-02-2015, 03:38 AM

Depending on your distro/shell (which you don't disclose) take a look at:

Code:

man echo

In general

Code:

echo -e "\n\n\n\n"

would give you 4 newlines.

chrism01 · 02-03-2015, 04:37 AM

in bash you can also

Code:

printf "\n\n\n\n"