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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!ix.netcom.com!netcom.com!stanb From: stanb@netcom.com (Stan Brown) Subject: How to embed a newline in pdksh string ? Message-ID: <stanbE21wK5.3zH@netcom.com> Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #3 (NOV) Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 16:02:29 GMT Lines: 17 Sender: stanb@netcom4.netcom.com I am trying to port some user environement scripts to FreeBSD. I have most of this doen, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to embed a newloin in a string in pdksh. Heres what Im trying to do: Normally I do this. echo "\nWarining You Are Superuser\n" How do I do this in pdksh ? Thnaks. -- Stan Brown stanb@netcom.com 404-996-6955 Factory Automation Systems Atlanta Ga. -- Look, look, see Windows 95. Buy, lemmings, buy! Pay no attention to that cliff ahead... Henry Spencer (c) 1996 Stan Brown. Redistribution via the Microsoft Network is prohibited.