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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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