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Old 09-16-2012
Formatting not preserved when using mailx
I tried to send email through mailx, the text file is well formatted when i open in unix, but when received the mail in outlook, the column do not align with the heading. The text file contain the tablespace details which I spool out from database.
Please advise. Do I need to specify any parameter when using mailx?
Smilie

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Old 09-17-2012
I too had faced this problem before - a problem caused because of platform differences. In my case, I was not keen on having the formatting preserved. So, just for better readability, I had the file double-spaced ( sed -i G file.txt ) before emailing it. Worked fine in my case.
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Old 09-17-2012
I use ..(mailx is not working for my machineSmilie)
Code:
/bin/mail -s "$SUBJECT" "$EMAIL" < file.txt

And before sending the file i just format the file as per my requirement. And i got the same file at my other end.

Tried with sendmail aslo it works perfect for me.
Code:
cat file.txt | /usr/lib/sendmail "$EMAIL"

# 4  
Old 09-17-2012
You get a useless use of cat award

sendmail, or any other shell command, does not need cat's help to read a single file.

Code:
/usr/lib/sendmail "$EMAIL" < file.txt

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Old 09-17-2012
Well, this is far off the original question. I tend to agree with @balajesuri assuming platform differences. Could you pls provide the input file and what it became on the receiving side?
 
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