forget the line ... then you do not need to go the way via multilineproperty and wrap every line between \n ... \ = ...
not needed when using <loadfile property= ...> i once had a problem when generating a property file and java has the convention with \n line \ when it comes to multiline properties ... so you may use loadfile or concat Gilbert -----Original Message----- From: Rebhan, Gilbert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 2:41 PM To: Ant Users List Subject: RE: <echo> doesn't work for ASCII art you may also go with concat, as Jan already mentioned, then you do not need to go the way via multilineproperty and wrap every line betwenn \n ... \ = <concat> <fileset dir="Y:" includes="test2.txt"/> </concat> when no destfile attribute specified it appears on stdout result = [concat] Bla blubbbber [concat] asda [concat] ASDF [concat] 12345678 [concat] asdf with commandline ant but _caution_ also beautified in eclipse ;-)) Regards, Gilbert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]