UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hello all!!

i got a problem in the email content format in outlook which i mail it from a unix.

i want the content to be multiple lines as i see in unix, but the content is grouped into a single line instead in the email content.

The email content is made from tail of a file, and echo message

for example,

Code:

echo "Hello 1" >>log
echo "Hello 2" >>log
echo "Hello 3" >>log

The email content would become

Code:

Hello 1 Hello 2 Hello 3

i don't want single line , please kindly give me ideas on how to solve the problem out.

Put a \n in your echo...

Code:

echo "Hello 1\n" >> log

Doesn't it work?

use print command
or echo -n

to rakeshawasthi ,

yes , it would work ! but it would be like below (which is too much lines )

file content start below ----------------------
Hello 1

Hello 2

Hello 3
file content end below ----------------------


is it possible to make it like below ??
file content start below ----------------------
Hello 1
Hello 2
Hello 3
file content end below ----------------------

---------- Post updated at 08:29 PM ---------- Previous update was at 07:49 PM ----------

to vidyadhar85 ,

echo -n don't work ar.....
> echo -n "Hello 1"
THe result would be
> -n Hello 1

For the print command, it works .......but for some sentences only
i mean it works for "Hello 1" message but not for ... the below one

print "Calculating result ( $VAR) as checked at `date`" >> log

i tested the print command with "Hello" message, the problem is gone
but when i tested with my real message, the problem is still here, they are all in a single line.

I have seen this effect caused by a setting in Microsoft Office Outlook.
See:
Tools/Options/Preferences/E-mail Options/"Remove extra lines breaks in plain text messages"

Also:
Can you post the script in case the way the message is presented to your mail command causes the problem.