SHELL

bash echo multiline to file

# possibility 1:
echo "line 1" >> greetings.txt
echo "line 2" >> greetings.txt

# possibility 2:
echo "line 1
line 2" >> greetings.txt

# possibility 3:
cat <<EOT >> greetings.txt
line 1
line 2
EOT

bash echo multiline

function help() {
  echo -e 
       "Usage:
" 
       "  $0 URL [--no-recurse] [-s]

" 
       "    URL
" 
       "      Link to Mediafire folder.
" 
       "      e.g. www.mediafire.com/?sample or mediafire.com/?sample

" 
       "    --no-recurse
" 
       "      List only files under the current folder.
" 
       "      Default option is to recursively list all files.

" 
       "    -s, --silent
" 
       "      Supress all error messages.
" >&2;
}

bash multiline print

#!/bin/bash

cat << EOF
Mystuff mylines myprintstuff
hello world!
you are awesome!

EOF