Shell Programming and Scripting

I have a o/p file called a1.txt from a script. I m mailing this file but the problem is that in the mail the format is comming different.

Contents of a1.txt
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Meter 090845086LG is now Made AMR Active
Meter 090845088LG is now Made AMR Active
Meter 092276519LG is now Made AMR Active
Meter 090764350LG is now Made AMR Active
Meter 090707594LG is now Made AMR Active
Meter 090764331LG is now Made AMR Active
Meter 090764330LG is now Made AMR Active
Meter 090764334LG is now Made AMR Active
Meter 090764335LG is now Made AMR Active
Meter 090707591LG is now Made AMR Active
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contents in the mail:
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Meter 090845086LG is now Made AMR Active Meter 090845088LG is now Made AMR Active Meter 092276519LG is now Made AMR Active Meter 090764350LG is now Made AMR Active Meter 090707594LG is now Made AMR Active Meter 090764331LG is now Made AMR Active Meter 090764330LG is now Made AMR Active Meter 090764334LG is now Made AMR Active Meter 090764335LG is now Made AMR Active Meter 090707591LG is now Made AMR Active
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but my desired o/p should be same as in the file a1.txt

below the command i used for mailing

mail - s "AMR Active" abcd@gmail.com < a1.txt

plz help me in this ?

It works well for me, i.e. mail content and file content are same , including newlines.

can you tell us version and platform you are using ?

I m using IBm AIX 3.5

First you use the following command

unix2dos a1.txt a1.txt

then you execute your snippet, let me know the result.

Thanks,
Shahnaz.

Hi

if you make a new line after each line it solves the problem
like

Meter 090845086LG is now Made AMR Active

Meter 090845088LG is now Made AMR Active

Meter 092276519LG is now Made AMR Active

etc ...