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# 15  
Old 11-07-2016
So - what do you expect an empty command to perform?


There have been presented a lot of suggestions in the course of this thread. Did you try them all, maybe adapting them in a way or another?

What is the result of
Code:
dos2unix hello.txt

(please note: NO $ sign in front of the command)
# 16  
Old 11-07-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
So - what do you expect an empty command to perform?


There have been presented a lot of suggestions in the course of this thread. Did you try them all, maybe adapting them in a way or another?

What is the result of
Code:
dos2unix hello.txt

(please note: NO $ sign in front of the command)
Code:
dos2unix hello.txt

command not found.
# 17  
Old 11-07-2016
Please DON'T edit posts (here #14) after people commented on them pulling the rug from under their feet!

I'm afraid we're out of options here as your system is not known to anybody except you and you're not providing too many informations. Last try from my side:
Code:
sed 's/$/\r/' hello.txt

Check the result by piping it through
Code:
od -ctx1

# 18  
Old 11-07-2016
Quote:
$ux2dos is path and correct name of the utility as you have not mentioned your OS...
Means : YOU, not us as we know your system, are to give that variable its correct value, so of cours if you did not do your part - It just cant work...
# 19  
Old 11-07-2016
Quote:
Originally Posted by vbe
Means : YOU, not us as we know your system, are to give that variable its correct value, so of cours if you did not do your part - It just cant work...
I have mentioned my OS

Code:
uname -a
Linux mymac 3.10.0-327.36.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Aug 17 03:02:37 EDT 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I dont know where and how to find or set ux2dos

Please suggest.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Please DON'T edit posts (here #14) after people commented on them pulling the rug from under their feet!

I'm afraid we're out of options here as your system is not known to anybody except you and you're not providing too many informations. Last try from my side:
Code:
sed 's/$/\r/' hello.txt

Check the result by piping it through
Code:
od -ctx1

When I try your suggestion

Code:
sed 's/$/\r/' hello.txt | mailx -s "Alert | Disk SLOW | Copy taking overtime | Take ACTION" mymail@mycom.com

I get an email with an attachment ATT00001.bin which has the Body in good format.

But, I need the same as an email body and not as an attachment.
# 20  
Old 11-07-2016
Typing which ux2dos ; which unix2dos should answer, if nothing then the utilities are not installed...
Linux have many flavours and some like debian doont install theses utilities by default...
I have such a box here so I tested:
Code:
alias ux2dos='sed "s/^M\{1,\}$//" | sed "$ s/^Z//"'

Then I tested like this
Code:
cat deutsch.txt|ux2dos

And its works...
So now you can search previous posts in this thread to find what was posted on how to finish or is that too much effort for you?
# 21  
Old 11-07-2016
Tools
I get the email but the newline is ignored with your suggestion.

Code:
alias ux2dos='sed "s/^M\{1,\}$//" | sed "$ s/^Z//"'
 cat hello.txt | ux2dos | mailx -s "Alert" mymail@mycom.comm

Also,
Code:
$ which ux2dos
/usr/bin/which: no ux2dos in (/usr/share/centrifydc/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin/)
$ which unix2dos
/usr/bin/which: no unix2dos in (/usr/share/centrifydc/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin/)

None of the suggestions worked this far.
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