bash: how to echo files to text file with new line

[Mike Hoy]

Thanks that works too.

On Sat, Nov 22, 2008 at 6:38 AM, Joe <joe at nationnet.com> wrote:
> Why not just use ls.
>
> ls *.mp3 > music_file
>
>
> -or-
>
> for file in *.mp3
> do
>    echo $file >> $music_file
> done
>
> Mike Hoy wrote:
>> I'm trying to write a python program that uses bash to make and use a
>> text file based on the contents of a directory. Simply put I just want
>> the text file to appear like this:
>>
>> 1.mp3
>> 2.mp3
>> 3.mp3
>>
>> and so on.
>>
>> I've tried:
>>
>> echo *.mp3 > music_file
>>
>> that puts them all in one line:
>> 1.mp3 2.mp3 3.mp3 and so on
>>
>> I know you are supposed to use \n for new lines, but can't seem to get
>> it to work in command line. Can somebody explain to me how to do it?
>>
>> echo \n *.mp3 > music_file results in
>>
>> n 1.mp3 2.mp3 and so on
>>
>> if I enclose \n in quotes it just prints:
>> \n 1.mp3 2.mp3 and so on
>>
>> Any help appreciated.
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