On Friday 07 January 2005 19:06, Paul Howarth wrote: > Chadley Wilson wrote: > > hi guys > > > > if a line is too long in a sh script > > I need to break it in to two lines, > > there is a method that tells the shell that the two line are to read as > > one, > > > > how do you do that? > > echo This is a \ > long line. > > Note: the backslash must be the last character of the line, no spaces or > anything else after it. > > Paul. Thanks Paul You are working rather hard today for me anyway? -- Chadley Wilson Redhat Certified Technician Cert Number: 603004708291270 Pinnacle Micro Manufacturers of Proline Computers ==================================== Exercise freedom, Use LINUX =====================================