10-18-2012
Mail utility not displaying escape sequences
Hello! I created a file that displays text underlined. However when I pass the file into the mail utility it doesnt display the underline.
Here is the code:
echo "\n\033[4mUsername Timestamp Terminal\033[0m" > test_underline.txt
cat test_underline.txt
mail -s "testing of underline" <email_address> < test_underline.txt
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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