hello i am new to linux(mandriva-konsole) and just starting the shell scripting.i am getting the following output for
1
2
1
3
2
1
4
3
2
1

but i want the following output
1
12
123
1234

the program is

for ((i=0;i < 5;i++))
do
j=$j;
while [ $j -ne 0 ]
do
echo $j \n;
j=$(($j-1));
done
done

the logic of program is correct but only the output has different pattern for display.i suspect problem with echo $j \n; its not giving output for whole loop in one line.because i should get only four line op with pattern given above.please reply quickly.thanks in advance.

But that isn't the program you used to generate the output you quoted, because it wouldn't generate that output.

You should have done a copy/paste to post the exact program you tested.

In the above, you have
j=$j;
The correct program (and your tested program) must have
j=$i;

In the above, you have
echo $j \n;
but that is neither correct nor what you tested.

You need to suppress the newline, which is done with
echo -n $j
But then you need to add another newline once per outer loop by adding another instruction somewhere.

Your program is wrong. I don't know what you think you mean by its "logic" is correct.

Your title "New Line Char Is not working properly in linux" and your claim that "the logic of program is correct" both indicate you prefer to blame the tool rather than look for your mistake. You'll find that attitude is not very effective when asking for help and even less effective when trying to learn enough that you won't need to ask for help.

BTW, I don't know shell scripting myself. For example, I don't know the significance of the ; on some of your lines. Those seem to make no difference if I test your script with/without them in bash. Of course, I also can't tell whether you are using bash. So in answering your post, I didn't use any scripting knowledge, just basic programming logic (independent of language) plus a quick glance at the output from something you should also look at:
Possibly someone who actually knows shell scripting will have something constructive to add. I answered because no one else had answered and because the error was obvious enough to answer without shell scripting knowledge.

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Yes, echo -n $j doesn't output newline, and for outputting newline simply echo would do.

On semicolons: they are optional if you have them in the end of the line.

Actually, echo is a shell builtin, so correct place to look for its description is probably man bash (assuming you use bash as your shell, which is very likely), You can find out what shell you use by echo $SHELL.

Good bash tutorials
http://rute.2038bug.com/index.html.gz
http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-G...tml/index.html
http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

The first line of your script should really specify which shell you want eg
Yes, it looks like a comment, but it's not really... read the links.

For debugging I recommend
as the 2nd line of your script.

looks like it uses Solaris path to bash. On most GNU/Linux distributions has to be used. It is the path to the script interpreter, so check that the bash executable exists at the path you put.

sorry johnsfine i am just newbie in the linux and I am not finding any problem with tools.problem is with me only.now that problem is solved thanks every one for helping.you are the people who makes new generation of linux users thank you.chrism01,johnsfine thank you.

@raskin; I did say eg .... for exactly that kind of reason; don't have Linux in front of me.
BTW, there should be no spaces on that invocation line ...

And are you going to share the solution so other beginners may get the benefit?

Plus you will need to mark as SOLVED so people know that there is a solution available.

chrism01: on Linux you can put a space after #!, actually

Other beginners who find this thread might want to look at the solution posted in the other thread where jim_geek asked this same question.

Last code block in the post at:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...0/#post4457379

A beginner would be better off looking at the individual suggestions in this thread and figuring out how that leads to a full solution. But if you want to just look at a full solution, it is in the other thread.

Well I am hoping the beginner doesn't look at harry's solution as it does not deliver and needlessly uses extra variables.

Also, MTK's prints an extra line at the beginning.

This is why I was also interested in the OP's solution as they may have corrected these issues

Or even better:

It will automatically find bash if it's in your PATH variable.