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Re: How to input ^J?
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Greg Wooledge |
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Re: How to input ^J? |
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Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:34:07 -0400 |
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On Sun, Jul 18, 2010 at 05:01:05PM -0700, John Reiser wrote:
> > Lastly since ^J is a newline you can generate one with echo "\n".
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> What does work is either of these:
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> $ echo ''
> $ echo -e -n '\n'
Or printf '\n'.
Or if he wants to use it in a command string, rather than producing it
on a stream, he can use the $'\n' quoting.