How can I add a new line in a Bash string?

Question

The new line \n is not taken account in the shell strings:

str="aaa\nbbbb"
echo $str

Output:

aaa\nbbbb

Expected result:

aaa
bbbb

How can I add a new line in the string?

linuxcdeveloper: always try to use echo -e "your display part" it makes the right effect( -e : enable interpretation of backslash escapes ) — Ranjithkumar T, Dec 17 '13 at 06:33

score 77 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '13 at 15:10

77

$ echo "a\nb"
a\nb
$ echo -e "a\nb"
a
b

answered Jul 30 '13 at 15:10

Adam Siemion

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