Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:47:45 -0800 From: Edward Martinez <eam1edward@gmail.com> To: =?windows-1251?Q?=CB=FE=E1=EE=EC=E8=F0_=C3=F0=E8=E3=EE=F0=EE=E2?= <nm.knife@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: why newline scape sequence does not work in Freebsd's bash Message-ID: <4EFE77D1.3090402@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHi1JsdOu9oMGqL4fiOM7P0ExCXHA2q=r%2BzGeEihXojAffj2pA@mail.gmail.com> References: <4EFE645B.8010906@gmail.com> <CAHi1JsepvhJaHb%2B1zMssWiConxz9U75%2B8t8Pay2AH68mYrMjXg@mail.gmail.com> <CAHi1JsdOu9oMGqL4fiOM7P0ExCXHA2q=r%2BzGeEihXojAffj2pA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/30/11 17:06, Любомир Григоров wrote:
> I used ' singe quotes, so double quotes is:
>
> $ FRUIT_BASKET="apples oranges pears"
> $ echo -e "My fruit basket contains: \n $FRUIT_BASKET"
> My fruit basket contains:
> apples oranges pears
Thanks for the help, it worked. I find it interesting that FreeBSD's
echo man page does not mention the -e option is needed to
enable backslash escapes. I remembered why it worked on linux
is because i created an echo alias with the -e option.
So i will do the same for FreeBSD.
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