Something like this?
Code:
echo -e "Some text\nSome text on a new line"
The \n is the newline, and the -e option allows the \n to be interpreted as a newline (by default, I think it is printed literally). For other output builtins, it may be different; for printf, I think you need to include the %b format option to allow backslash-escaped characters to be interpreted that way. The manual page for bash might be worth a look, too.
I hope this helps!
