try with the -e flag: $ FRUIT_BASKET="apples oranges pears" $ echo -e 'My fruit basket contains: \n $FRUIT_BASKET' My fruit basket contains: $FRUIT_BASKET
>Why the scape sequence; newline (\n) does not work in FreeBSD's bash, However, it works both in Linux and Solaris bash? -- Lyubomir Grigorov (bgalakazam) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
