How can I get bash read -p to print a new line

Question

I am using Bash build-in read -p to print message and read user input into REPLY, want a new line at end.

read -p "please input someint\n" did not work, it printed \n rather than a new line.

How do I do that ?

thanks

Probably because it's a duplicate http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4296108/how-do-i-add-a-line-break-for-read-command — Reinstate Monica Please, Jan 20 '14 at 03:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '14 at 03:41

1

Try this out.

#!/bin/bash

read -p "Please input something
" msg
echo $msg

This will make read -p print a new line. Hope this helps.

answered Jan 20 '14 at 03:41

Dale

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