OK, i see, you have probs with leading spaces i think i have hit the problem
i tried with --------------------------- Bla blubbbber asda ASDF 12345678 asdf --------------------------- and = <loadfile property="bla" srcfile="y:/test2.txt"/> <target name="depends"> <echo>${bla}</echo> </target> <target name="main" depends="depends"> <echo> ech o 1 </echo> <echo> echo 2</echo> </target> 1. result with commandline ant = depends: [echo] Bla blubbbber [echo] [echo] [echo] asda [echo] ASDF [echo] 12345678 [echo] [echo] asdf main: [echo] [echo] ech o 1 [echo] echo 2 2. result in eclipse depends: [echo] Bla blubbbber [echo] [echo] [echo] asda [echo] ASDF [echo] 12345678 [echo] [echo] asdf main: [echo] ech o 1 [echo] echo 2 So the output is beautified by your IDE :-) Regards, Gilbert -----Original Message----- From: Hans Schwaebli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 12:57 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: RE: <echo> doesn't work for ASCII art Try it with adgl sdfsdf The result will be adgl sdfsdf --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]