diff --git a/elements/standard/script.cc b/elements/standard/script.cc
index cc04a1a..8069325 100644
--- a/elements/standard/script.cc
+++ b/elements/standard/script.cc
@@ -396,16 +396,23 @@ Script::step(int nsteps, int step_type, int njumps)
 
 	    int before = cerrh.nerrors();
 	    String result;
+            bool newline = true;
+            if (text[0] == '-' && text[1] == 'n' && text[2] == ' ') {
+                text = text.substring(3);
+                newline = false;
+            }
 	    if (text && (isalpha(text[0]) || text[0] == '@' || text[0] == '_')) {
 		result = cp_expand(text, expander);
 		result = HandlerCall::call_read(result, this, &cerrh);
 	    } else
 		result = cp_unquote(cp_expand(text, expander, true));
-	    if (cerrh.nerrors() == before && (!result || result.back() != '\n'))
+	    if (newline && cerrh.nerrors() == before && (!result || result.back() != '\n'))
 		result += "\n";
 	    
 #if CLICK_USERLEVEL || CLICK_TOOL
 	    fwrite(result.data(), 1, result.length(), f);
+            if (!newline)
+                fflush(f);
 	    if (f != stdout)
 		fclose(f);
 #else