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linux linebreaks script bash

If the statement would be correct without continuation, you need to use . Therefore, the following works without a backslash, as you can't end a command with a &&:

echo 1 &&
echo 2
Here, you need the backslash:

echo 1 2 3 
4
or

echo 1 
&& echo 2
Otherwise, bash would execute the command right after processing the first line without waiting for the next one.

break line bash

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# 	Para utilizar saltos de linea en la orden echo utilizar la opción "-e" y 		#
# 	todo el texto entre comillas dobles. El salto de linea se representa como "
"  #
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# 	To use line breaks in the echo command use the "-e" option and 					#
#	enclose all text in double quotes. The line break is represented as "-e". 		#
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
##################################### EXAMPLE #######################################

echo -e "
 testing line breaks with 
 the echo command
"

########### OUTPUT #########
| --------------------------------- |
|						            |
| testing line breaks with 			|
| the echo command		   			|
|						   			|
| --------------------------------- |