Line Break in PowerShell

1. Line Breaks in PowerShell
2. Use `N to Break Lines in PowerShell
3. Use [Environment]::NewLine to Break Lines in PowerShell

This tutorial will teach you to break lines in PowerShell.

Line Breaks in PowerShell

PowerShell includes a set of special character sequences for representing characters, such as line breaks and tabs. They are also known as escape sequences.

The backslash \ shows a special character in most programming languages. But, PowerShell uses the backtick character `.

So, escape sequences begin with ` and are case-sensitive.

Examples of escape sequences are `0, `a, `b, `e, `f, `n, `r, etc. Escape sequences are only interpreted when enclosed in double-quotes " ".

Use `N to Break Lines in PowerShell

You can use the new line `n character to break lines in PowerShell. The line break or new line is added after the `n character.

The following example shows how to use `n to break lines in the output.

Write-Host "Welcome to the`nPowerShell Tutorial."

Output:

Welcome to the
PowerShell Tutorial.

You can use multiple `n characters to create multiple line breaks.

Write-Host "Welcome `nto `nthe `nPowerShell Tutorial."

Output:

Welcome
to
the
PowerShell Tutorial.

Use [Environment]::NewLine to Break Lines in PowerShell

You can also use the [Environment]::NewLine object to break lines or add a new line to command output in PowerShell. It is equivalent to `n`r.

The `r character moves the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

The following example shows how to use [Environment]::NewLine to break lines when displaying the array items in the output.

$number='one','two','three','four'
$new = [Environment]::NewLine
$number | ForEach {"$_$new"}

Output:

one

two

three

four

We hope this article helps you understand how to break lines in PowerShell.