no.... they all returned the same error. I just didn't include the full
print out because it was redundant. When I run the command without the \r
they will all run without error after I press the enter. however, because
the ppa is already installed it says that nothing has changed.

On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 12:09 AM, Brien Dieterle <briend@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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