You -- yes, you -- are an idiot!
Here are some other idiots in whose company you may find solace.
{{{zald> how do i put \n for each line it output on this command " foovar=cat var; echo $foovar greycat> !pitfalls greybot> http://wooledge.org/mywiki/BashPitfalls greycat> !quotes greybot> USE MORE QUOTES! http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/Quote.html zald> payal, what is the proper way? zald> because the output is in online line greycat> zald: pitfalls. quotes. zald> status1=cat accesslist | grep -v -x $ipaddress1 ; greycat> specifically the pitfall whose content is echo $foo redduck666> !uuoc greybot> Useless Use of Cat (cat foo | grep bar). See <http://www.ruhr.de/home/smallo/award.html>. greycat> redduck666: you win that one 
redduck666> zald> what will i use then to replace cat greycat> Do you actually READ anything we tell you to read?! zald> sorry let me check greycat> hmm, actually the uuoc page assume the reader is not ignorant. zald> thank you so much payal, i just put an echo "$foo" , instead of echo $foo zald> thanks for the links greycat> My. Fucking. God. greycat> we told you THREE TIMES and then you thanked her.... floyd_n_milan> payal, meh give it a rest already floyd_n_milan> you guys should both just *plonk* each other you know greycat> at the moment, I'm just pissed off at that zald idiot for NOT reading the pitfalls page when I told him to (I even told him **which one to read**!) zald> im not aware that you are talking to me then greycat}}}