Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 11:44:10 -0000 (GMT) From: jhall@vandaliamo.net To: "Giorgos Keramidas" <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> Cc: jhall@vandaliamo.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding CR/LF Message-ID: <4692.12.170.206.13.1191239050.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> In-Reply-To: <20070930150439.GB2187@kobe.laptop> References: <21079.67.171.53.31.1191004462.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <20070930150439.GB2187@kobe.laptop>
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> On 2007-09-28 18:34, 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 ${FILELIST} >> done >> >> And, here is the output I am getting. >> test1$\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 > > How about skipping the trick with '\n\r' altogether? > > This should work better: > > #!/bin/sh > > FILENAMES="test1 test2 test3" > > for fname in ${FILENAMES} > do > echo "${fname}" > done > > Thanks. I hadn't thought of that. Jay
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