How to insert a new line in Linux shell script

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I want to insert a new line between multiple echo statements. I have tried echo "hello\n", but it is not working. It is printing \n. I want the desired output like this:

Create the snapshots

Snapshot created

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echo   Create the snapshots nSnapshot created n

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You could use the printf 1  command  e g  like  printf  Hello times  d nHere n    2 3     The   printf command may accept arguments and needs a format control string similar  but not exactly the same  to the one for the standard C printf 3  function

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The simplest way to insert a new line between echo statements is to insert an echo without arguments  for example   echo Create the snapshots echo echo Snapshot created   That is  echo without any arguments will print a blank line   Another alternative to use a single echo statement with the -e flag and embedded newline characters  n   echo -e  Create the snapshots n nSnapshot created    However  this is not portable  as the -e flag doesn t work consistently in all systems  A better way if you really want to do this is using printf   printf  Create the snapshots n nSnapshot created n    This works more reliably in many systems  though it s not POSIX compliant  Notice that you must manually add a  n at the end  as printf doesn t append a newline automatically as echo does

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Use this echo statement    echo -e  Hai nHello nTesting n    The output is   Hai Hello Testing

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