-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12-Nov-2003/23:41 +1300, Mikevl <Mikevl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >I am trying to create a text file that has several lines which can be viewed >in Windows notepad. > >at the moment if I use echo or printf "hi there\nnext line" >the poutut in notepad looks like "hi there[]next line" For DOS/Win you need a carriage retrun and a line feed. Try this: printf "hi there\r\nnext line" Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:Anthony%20E.%20Greene%20%3Cagreene@xxxxxxxxx%3E> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Messenger: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux. The choice of a GNU generation <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene <mailto:agreene@xxxxxxxxx> 0x6C94239D iD8DBQE/th84pCpg3WyUI50RAtrgAKDBFP0Qer96lt94VRX/fd/1IdqWsACfbY9x DFdzLZ8AMNOwDnWTgyf+bnA= =NKzK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
