On Friday 07 January 2005 20:39, Kam Leo wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:43:38 +0200, Chadley Wilson <chadley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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 > > Why are you using this list for basic bash questions? Didn't your > Redhat certification course cover this subject? By the way, you can > just as easily use Google to find the answer. I gave you a reference > to a bash scripting tutorial yesterday. If you did not like that one > there are others available. First, do some research on your own, > then, come to the list when you cannot find an answer. Look I know I should be reading this stuff up, but I am really pressed for time, as you know you could read 500 pages before finding what you need, that takes time which I don't have. So I apologise if my questions are stupid. But really I was hoping for better solutions than those I already know. Besides if you can show why when I script the install of two rpms on one line the script ignores the second even if I use the \ in fact it reads the name of the second rpm as a command and returns command not found error So I am not arguing the fact that I appear to be lazy these last few days. but if you check the archives you will see that I hardly ever post. the time that I ever use the list for my benefit is when I actually don't have a lot of time to find out. Once again my apologies. -- Chadley Wilson Redhat Certified Technician Cert Number: 603004708291270 Pinnacle Micro Manufacturers of Proline Computers ==================================== Exercise freedom, Use LINUX =====================================
