Scripting - Printing

[SAM_24]

Hi,

I have output like this
detail1
detail3
detail4

I want to print above output like
echo "Want to print : detail1
detail2
detail3"

I am trying to achieve with whatever scripting I know but I got the output like

echo "Want to print : detail1
detail2
detail3"

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

[Systeemingenieurs Infoc]

i'm not sure i understand your question, but try this :

program_tat_generates_output|
awk '{ printf "Want to print : %s\n", $0}'

[V. V. Ravi Kumar_1]

hi,
i could not understand what exactly u want. but if ur program runs in a loop every time it generates output like
first run
detail1
second run
detail2 ....etc.,

u assign this output to a variable like

tmp=`out put of program`

then in the next line in the loop write

echo "Want to print:$tmp"

Redirect the output of above echo statement to a file if u want.

Regards

[Francisco J. Soler]

Hi,
try with \n inside the echo command:

echo "Want to print:\ndetail1\ndetail3\ndetail4"


Frank.

[John de Villiers]

if you want to have them print next to each other then use \c at the end of each line as opposed to the assumed \n

John