Echo newline in Bash prints literal

Question

In Bash, tried this:

echo -e "Hello,
World!"

But it doesn't print a newline, only . How can I make it print the newline?

I'm using Ubuntu?11.04 (Natty Narwhal).

Answer 1

You could use printf instead:

printf "hello
world
"

printf has more consistent behavior than echo. The behavior of echo varies greatly between different versions.