echo without newline

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

hi, I'm trying to echo "."
in a for loop and get an o/p as follows

............................

rather than

.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

How can I echo without newline?

Later,
Bill

[Santosh Nair_1 · Accepted solution]

Bill,


Try
echo ".\c"

-Santosh

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi Bill:

# echo ".\c"

...the '\c' suppresses the newline.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

thanks guys....................................................................................................................................!

[Curtis Larson_1]

or print -n "."