How to put a line of arbitrary text in the output stream?

[Juan Zuluaga]

Hello PSPP people, 
may I ask how to put a line of arbitrary text in the output stream? I'm having 
a bit of trouble with the new line. I realize it may not be a pspp problem but 
a bash feature -- any ideas would be appreciated. 

My system: linux, bash, pspp 0.7.7.  

I tried the -O init option, also the ECHO command -- nice in that I can put a 
line anywhere, but the preceding ECHO is a minor annoyance. 

juan:$ pspp example.sps -O init='String to be written'|head -n 5
String to be writtenDATA LIST

Reading free-form data from INLINE.
+--------+------+
|Variable|Format|

juan:$ pspp example.sps -O init='String to be written\n'|head -n 5
String to be written\nDATA LIST

Reading free-form data from INLINE.
+--------+------+
|Variable|Format|