MAXl in unix

Hi All,
I have written a maxl script in unix. In unix its not supporting the 'ENTER'. So , I have written all teh statemenst in a single line seperated with ';'.
I have also tried with unix new line character like ESC 'o'. This is also not working fine.
Can anyone please tell me what can we do to write different statements in different lines.
Thanks

I assume you are having the issue because you are using a windows editor and then trying to run the maxl script on a Unix system.
Go download the freeware Notepad++, it's like Notepad on steroids.
You can create your script in Windows, then it give options such as setting your "EOL" to "Unix Format".
Robert

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