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Old 03-18-2009
Question print a multi-lines variable?
hi im trying a make simple html page with the content of some files
i have:
title=`cat "file1"`
heading=`cat "file2"`
para=`cat "file3"`
block=`cat "/file4"`
cat > ./page.html <<-EOF
<html>
<head>
<title>$title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>$heading</h1>
<p>$para</p>
<blockquote>$block</blockquote>
</body>
</html>
EOF

lets say file2 contains:
222
222

and file3 contains:
333

333

my script will only give me a html page with variables printed in single lines like:
222 222
333 333

the result i want should be:
222
222
333

333

sorry about the bad english and poor explaination, please help me Smilie
thank you
# 2  
Old 03-18-2009
Try this:
Code:
heading=`sed -e 's/$/<br \/>/' file2 > /tmp/file2.$$ ; cat /tmp/file2.$$ ; \rm -f /tmp/file2.$$`
para=`sed -e 's/$/<br \/>/' file3 > /tmp/file3.$$ ; cat /tmp/file3.$$ ; \rm -f /tmp/file3.$$`

Not very clean but ... Smilie
# 3  
Old 03-18-2009
Thank you very much Goldorakk
that worked
though i only used:
heading=`sed 's/$/<br \/>/' file2`
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