>> varlist=`echo "$varlist" | sed -e "s/\\\\$//g"
Yep, that did it! But, what did it do? Or, where can I find info that will
help me make sense of it? FWIW, it looks to me like it's searching for
'\\$' (???). Oooh.... it is! But the '\\$' gets reduced to '\$' which then
works as desired. But why? Why doesn't good ol' '\$' work right out of the
box?
>> var3="$var1\\n$var2"
I must admit, when I saw it my first thought was to slap my forehead (doh!).
But, when I tried it I got 'a\nb' instead of 'anb' like before.
On the upside...
var3=`echo -e "$var1\n$var2"`
...does the trick.
No prizes this time, but an explanation of the sed piece might yield
something.:)
Thanks for your input!
bd
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