On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 15:42 +0000, Paul Turner wrote: > Yes you can. > > echo "hi\nhi" > > gives: > hi\nhi > > and > > echo -e "hi\nhi" > > gives: > hi > hi Sorry.. meant to say "any of those options at all" ... though actually -e and -n are listed in there.. so... -- Geoffrey Teale <gteale at cmedltd.com> Cmed Technology