Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:02:22 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: jhall@vandaliamo.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding CR/LF Message-ID: <20070928190222.GA54833@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <21079.67.171.53.31.1191004462.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> References: <21079.67.171.53.31.1191004462.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net>
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 06:34:22PM -0000, jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote:
> I know this should be easy, but I cannot get it to work right. Basically,
> I have a list of items, and I need to place each one on a separate line.
>
> 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 ${FILELIST}
> done
Are those single quotes the right ones to use there?
////jerry
>
> And, here is the output I am getting.
> test1$\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.
>
>
> Jay
>
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