How to display newline in ssh

Question

I'm trying to do the following:

#!/bin/sh
ssh user@server "echo \"Test \n for newline\""

This displays:

test \n for newline

How do I get the shell to interpret \n as an actual newline?

Answer 1

Try using the -e option, e.g., echo -e "Test \n for newline".

If your echo doesn't have a -e option, then I'd use printf. It's widely available and it does not have nearly as many variations in it's implementations.