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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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