Re: Adding CR/LF

On Sep 28, 2007, at 11:34 AM, jhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Here is the script I am using.
#!/bin/sh
FILENAMES="test1 test2 test3"
FILELIST=""
for filename in ${FILENAMES}
do
FILELIST="${FILELIST}${filename}"$'\n\r'
echo ${FILELIST}
done

And, here is the output I am getting.
test1$\n\r
test1$\n\rtest2$\n\r
test1$\n\rtest2$\n\rtest3$\n\r

The output I would like to see is:
test1
test2
test3

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

/bin/echo and the builtin echo command found in /bin/sh and /bin/tcsh
do not understand the C-style \r and \n escapes; you could switch
your script to using Bash or ZSH and it would work in those shells,
or else use printf command rather than echo.

"man builtin" might give some insight.

--
-Chuck


Thanks to everyone for their help. Since I am traveling, I am just going
to use printf for now and worry about rewriting the script when I get
home.

Jay

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