The "do" will execute the command without a /r, but it didn't break the
command either.  It looks like one of your ppa does not support the version
of your Ubuntu.  I bet the rest of them added OK though.  You should see
them when you run
apt-cache policy
On Mar 26, 2016 8:47 PM, "Michael" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:

> I was wondering what I should do to enter a carriage return after each
> add-apt and I didn't want to ask so.... I did a search for the information.
> I discovered that to do it I just need to put a '\r'. Cool? I thought
> so.... until I ran the command. After running the command it spat out:
>
> $ for rep in ppa:dhor/myway ppa:hugin/hugin-builds ppa:mc3man/trusty-media
> ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
> ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair; do sudo add-apt-repository $rep\r ; done
> [sudo] password for bmike1:
> 'This PPA does not support trusty'
> Cannot add PPA: ''This PPA does not support trusty''.
>
> I'm pretty sure the problem is the \r because it doesn't say that when I
> hit the return key.
> My websearch was fruitless so..... will I just have to press enter
>
> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 9:23 PM, Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> DUH! I should have looked at it and figured it out. Thanks for that buddy.
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 26, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Brien Dieterle <briend@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Put the sudo in front of the add add repo command, or see this
>>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10889072/using-sudo-with-for-loop
>>> On Mar 25, 2016 8:00 PM, "Michael" <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> not quite:
>>>>
>>>> sudo for rep in ppa:dhor/myway ppa:hugin/hugin-builds
>>>> ppa:mc3man/trusty-media ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
>>>> ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair; do
>>>> add-apt-repository $rep ; done
>>>> bash: syntax error near unexpected token `do'
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Rusty Carruth <rustycar54@descomp.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/25/2016 01:30 PM, Carruth, Rusty wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> for rep in <whatever1> <whatever2> < whatever3> ; do
>>>>> add-apt-repository $rep ; done
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> There.  A command that will take a list of repos.  And if you did that
>>>>> a lot, make it an alias or a function:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> function addrepos() { for rep in $* ; do add-apt-repository $rep ;
>>>>> done ; }
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Put in bashrc or whatever and there you go, a single command.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org [
>>>>> mailto:plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org
>>>>> <plug-discuss-bounces@lists.phxlinux.org>] *On Behalf Of *Michael
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> bummer. thanks for the news!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> add-apt-repository only takes a single repository at a time.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 03/25/2016 06:10 AM, Michael wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> does  'add-apt-repository <whatever>' work like 'apt-get install
>>>>> <whatever>' where you can just list the repositories after one
>>>>> ' add-apt-repository?
>>>>>
>>>>> 'add-apt-repository <whatever1> <whatever2> <whatever3> <whatever4>'
>>>>>
>>>>>
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