Shell Scripting Problem

linuxboy69 · 03-31-2004, 02:19 PM

what is the syntax for a line break? I thought that in linux it was \r\n and it works when I write it into a normal file from php but when i use scp to copy it to a remote server, it shows that data without line breaks and even has a "^M" where the line break is whatever that is suppose to be.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

czarherr · 03-31-2004, 02:21 PM

i just use \n

cfaj · 03-31-2004, 07:36 PM

By default, echo doesn't convert \n or \t, but you can use the -e option:

Code:

echo -e "qwerty\n\uiop\n\tIntented"

Or you can use printf.

Code:

printf "qwerty\n\uiop\n\tIntented"

Or:

[CODE]printf "%b\n" "qwerty\n\uiop\n\tIndented"{/CODE]