I got a lot of responses that I will experiment with. I tried 'echo -e' and that worked well.
Thanks for all the responses Reaz -----Original Message----- From: Colin Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 9:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Script question again On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 08:40:10AM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 07:58:24AM -0500, Reaz Baksh wrote: > > I saw a script question posted so I hope someone can help me on this > > simple, I believe, question. > > > > I'm writing a script where people have to input a number, is there a way > > to keep the curser on the same line as the question? > > > > I tried using '\c' but that doesn't work. > > *How* did you try to use '\c'? What was your exact line? > > Either > > echo -n "What is your question? " > > or > > echo -e "What is your question?\c " Best use printf for anything complicated; echo is badly specified and varies between shells. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
