In the off chance that someone finds themselves beating their head against the wall trying to figure out why a coworker's script won't print newlines, look out for this ->

#!/bin/bash

function GET_RECORDS()

{

echo -e "starting\n the process";

}

echo $(GET_RECORDS);

As in the above, the actual running of the method may itself be wrapped in an echo which supersedes any echos that may be in the method itself. Obviously I watered this down for brevity, it was not so easy to spot!

You can then inform your comrades that a better way to execute functions would be like so:

#!/bin/bash

function GET_RECORDS()

{

echo -e "starting\n the process";

}

GET_RECORDS;