define newline

Makefile

@@ -13,14 +13,15 @@ DIR := ${CURDIR}
 
 all: setup brew download_scripts orthofuser blast spades trinity shannon seqtk busco trimmomatic transrate postscript
 
+define \n
 .DELETE_ON_ERROR:
 .PHONY:report
 
 setup:
-	mkdir -p ${DIR}/scripts
-	mkdir -p ${DIR}/software
-	mkdir -p ${DIR}/shared
-	rm pathfile
+	@mkdir -p ${DIR}/scripts
+	@mkdir -p ${DIR}/software
+	@mkdir -p ${DIR}/shared
+	@rm pathfile
 
 
 brew:
@@ -115,5 +116,5 @@ else
 endif
 
 postscript:
-	@echo \\n\\n "*** The following locations need to be added to your PATH ***" \\n\\n
+	@echo ${\n} "*** The following locations need to be added to your PATH ***" ${\n}
 	@cat pathfile