[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Jarc) writes: > Randy Yates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Sorry - that's what I meant to type. That is to say, "echo -e $text$" >> doesn't work. > > Without knowing what "doesn't work" is supposed to mean,
Oh, I think it's pretty clear to anyone with a reasonable intellect. > and guessing > that last "$" was a typo, Good guess! > I think what you're missing is that variable > expansions that aren't quoted are subject to word splitting at > whitespace. Is it the shell itself that performs this word splitting or the echo command? > If you want to preserve the whitespace in a variable's > value, you have to quote it when expanding it: > echo -e "$text" I thank you for that valuable piece of information! -- % Randy Yates % "Ticket to the moon, flight leaves here today %% Fuquay-Varina, NC % from Satellite 2" %%% 919-577-9882 % 'Ticket To The Moon' %%%% <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> % *Time*, Electric Light Orchestra http://www.digitalsignallabs.com
