>Adam D . McKenna writes:
> > | echo "Dear $SENDER,
> > Thank You for joining our e-newsletter. This e-mail is a confirmation
that
> > you have been added to our e-newsletter mailing list.
> > "
>
> > Is there a way to span lines like this?
>
>No.  Either put it into a script, or put \n's into your echo.
>Personally, I think that a leading space following a program delivery
>ought to be appended to the command before it's handed to /bin/sh, but
>that's just me.
>


If you have to use \n just remember to use echo -e and not just echo. echo
without the -e will ignore the return sequence and just print \n

Cheers
Leon Vismer

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