How to do an echo onto the same line in Solaris

veryangryman · 2011-04-12 16:25:36

Using a script to output some lines to a file but want to do seperate echo statements to the same line Ive tried echo -n echo -c But the stupid things go onto the next line. A gurus advice would be mucho appreciated

12-04-2011 05:25PM

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veryangryman

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Using a script to output some lines to a file but want to do seperate echo statements to the same line

Ive tried

echo -n
echo -c

But the stupid things go onto the next line. A gurus advice would be mucho appreciated

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#2 12-04-2011 11:25PM

Tobias Greeshman

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Use printf instead, I recall before that some versions of echo on Solaris were equivalent to a printf with a \n. So a printf should sort you out.

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#3 13-04-2011 11:36AM

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Unless I am completely misunderstanding, if you are trying to echo after you have outputted the line then surely you need to output the line without the newline on the end.

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#4 13-04-2011 12:08PM

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echo "$text1 $text2 $text3" etc etc

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#5 15-04-2011 10:50AM

veryangryman

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Tobias Greeshman wrote: »

Use printf instead, I recall before that some versions of echo on Solaris were equivalent to a printf with a \n. So a printf should sort you out.

Lifesaver cheers dude

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