How to Use Newline character ( \n ) in Bash Shell

Questions – How can I print a newline as \n in bash shell? How to use \n in shell script to print new line.
Issues – Echo newline in bash shell prints literal \n but not new line. Printing literal ‘\n’ in nested print new line in bash scripts.

Command:

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Use the following command to print newline using \n in bash shell scripting. You have other options to with echo command. Read complete tutorial.

printf “first line\nsecond line\n”

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Uses of \n in Bash

\n (Line Feed) is used as a newline character for Unix based systems. Below is a simple example to use newline character in bash shell scripts. Use one of followings examples

String in double quote:

echo -e "This is First Line \nThis is Second Line"

String in single quote:

echo -e 'This is First Line \nThis is Second Line'

String with $ prefix:

echo $'This is First Line \nThis is Second Line'

Using printf command:

printf "This is First Line \nThis is Second Line"

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