Unix: cannot add "\\ \n" even with escaping to the end of line

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Published on 2010-04-22T05:38:06Z Indexed on 2010/04/22 5:43 UTC
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I try to convert clean columnwise data to tables in tex. I am unable to have "\ \n" at each end of line. Please, see the command at the end.

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$ echo `. ./bin/addTableTexTags.sh < .data_3`
10.31 & 8.50 & 7.40 
 10.34 & 8.53 & 7.81 
 8.22 & 8.62 & 7.78 
 10.16 & 8.53 & 7.44 
 10.41 & 8.38 & 7.63 
 10.38 & 8.57 & 8.03 
 10.13 & 8.66 & 7.41 
 8.50 & 8.60 & 7.15 
 10.41 & 8.63 & 7.21 
 8.53 & 8.53 & 7.12 

$ cat .data_3 
10.31 8.50 7.40
10.34 8.53 7.81
8.22 8.62 7.78
10.16 8.53 7.44
10.41 8.38 7.63
10.38 8.57 8.03
10.13 8.66 7.41
8.50 8.60 7.15
10.41 8.63 7.21
8.53 8.53 7.12

addTableTexTags.sh

#!/bin/bash

sed -e "s@[[:space:]]@\t\&\t@g" -e "s@[[:space:]]*&*[[:space:]]*\$@\t \\  \\\\n@g" 
 // Tried Escaping "\\" with "/" here and there 
 // but cannot get a line ending with "\\ \n".

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