Re: problem with printf in a shell script

Olivier Regnier a écrit : Hi everyone, I want to insert text in my file, rc.conf : update_motd=NO I tried printf in my shell script with this command : printf update_motd=\NO\\ /etc/rc.conf then, that works well in console but not with my shell script I would like to insert a \n at the end :)

Re: problem with printf in a shell script

At 6:09 PM +0200 6/19/07, Olivier Regnier wrote: Olivier Regnier a écrit : Hi everyone, I want to insert text in my file, rc.conf : update_motd=NO I tried printf in my shell script with this command : printf update_motd=\NO\\ /etc/rc.conf then, that works well in console but not with my shell