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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Need to convert \n character to newline in UNIX. Post 303042637 by mohtashims on Thursday 2nd of January 2020 12:21:13 AM
Old 01-02-2020
Need to convert \n character to newline in UNIX.

I have a variable like below:

Code:
str1="10.9.11.128\n-rwxr-xr-x user1 2019-12-29 17:53 /var/branch/custom/tg.xml 286030210\n10.9.12.129\n-rwxr-xr-x user1 2019-12-29 17:53 /app/branch/custom/tg.xml 286030210\n10.9.20.130\n-rwxr-xr-x user1 2019-12-29 17:53 /web/branch/custom/tg.xml 286030210"

I redirect this string to a file and then access the file using web browser like below.

Code:
echo $str1 > text.txt

http://localhost/text.txt

I see the output in the web browser as:

Code:
10.9.11.128\n-rwxr-xr-x user1 2019-12-29 17:53 /var/branch/custom/tg.xml 286030210\n10.9.12.129\n-rwxr-xr-x user1 2019-12-29 17:53 /app/branch/custom/tg.xml 286030210\n10.9.20.130\n-rwxr-xr-x user1 2019-12-29 17:53 /web/branch/custom/tg.xml 286030210

However, my requirement is to convert \n to a new line to the text.txt file in the browser should look like this:
Code:
10.9.11.128
-rwxr-xr-x user1 2019-12-29 17:53 /var/branch/custom/tg.xml 286030210
10.9.12.129
-rwxr-xr-x user1 2019-12-29 17:53 /app/branch/custom/tg.xml 286030210
10.9.20.130
-rwxr-xr-x user1 2019-12-29 17:53 /web/branch/custom/tg.xml 286030210

Can you please suggest how can I change my string str1 to meet expected output ? I'm looking for a POSIX solution especially not an awk solution.

Last edited by mohtashims; 01-02-2020 at 01:37 AM..
 

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NAME
Plack::Session::Store::File - Basic file-based session store SYNOPSIS
use Plack::Builder; use Plack::Middleware::Session; use Plack::Session::Store::File; my $app = sub { return [ 200, [ 'Content-Type' => 'text/plain' ], [ 'Hello Foo' ] ]; }; builder { enable 'Session', store => Plack::Session::Store::File->new( dir => '/path/to/sessions' ); $app; }; # with custom serializer/deserializer builder { enable 'Session', store => Plack::Session::Store::File->new( dir => '/path/to/sessions', # YAML takes it's args the opposite order serializer => sub { YAML::DumpFile( reverse @_ ) }, deserializer => sub { YAML::LoadFile( @_ ) }, ); $app; }; DESCRIPTION
This implements a basic file based storage for session data. By default it will use Storable to serialize and deserialize the data, but this can be configured easily. This is a subclass of Plack::Session::Store and implements its full interface. METHODS
new ( %params ) The %params can include dir, serializer and deserializer options. It will check to be sure that the dir is writable for you. dir This is the directory to store the session data files in, if nothing is provided then "/tmp" is used. serializer This is a CODE reference that implements the serialization logic. The CODE ref gets two arguments, the $value, which is a HASH reference to be serialized, and the $file_path to save it to. It is not expected to return anything. deserializer This is a CODE reference that implements the deserialization logic. The CODE ref gets one argument, the $file_path to load the data from. It is expected to return a HASH reference. BUGS
All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug to cpan-RT. AUTHOR
Stevan Little <stevan.little@iinteractive.com> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
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