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Old 10-03-2012
AWK new line feature getting nullified in outlook
Hi,

I am using the below code to send mail to users showing the details of errors, and this happens in a loop till all the lines are validated.

Code:
printf ("%-6s%-12s%-1s%-1s%-36s%-10s%-10s%-10s%-4s%-500s%-s\n",fv_sup,fv_in,fv_rec,fv_flag,fv_err_owner,fv_create_user_id,fv_modify_user_id,fv_program_id,NR,fv_record,fv_err_desc)>>err_handle

But when the mail is sent outlook is showing the messages in a single line causing a lot of confusion just as below

Line 3: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXLine 3: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXLine 7: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXLine 7:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Line 11: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Line 11: XXXXXXXXXXX Line 15: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Can somebody help me bypass this problem and get the errors in seperate lines in the mail.
# 2  
Old 10-03-2012
If you'll be using this file only in Windows, try:
Code:
printf(".....\r\n",....)

# 3  
Old 10-03-2012
Hi Elixir,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have tried "\r\n" but it seems to have no effect.

Outlook is still nullifying the line breaks.

Any other options that can get this thing done.

Regards
Ramki
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