cannot get to next line within shell script In interactive shell: echo -e "hello\nworld" hello world doing the same thing within a script, I cant get to next next line hello world Actually, all the following work to get to next line in interactive shell but not within a script (I never had this issue before): echo echo -e echo -e "\n" printf "\n" on centos 8: /bin/bash --version GNU bash, version 4.4.19(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) on debian buster (I dont have any issue on debian!): /bin/bash --version GNU bash, version 5.0.3(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) script syntax: #!/bin/bash script launch: ./script

pb solved thanx to you guys: issue occurs on centos 8 with /usr/bin/bash not /bin/bash (I havent tried to repro on debian buster).