New line characters in message body.

[Maruvada, Suryakiran]

Hi,

 

When I give echo first line \n second line \n the out put is 

first line 
second line

but when I use the same with mutt i.e
echo first line \n second line \n | mutt -a attachment mail-id
my body of the mail come like :   first line \n second line \n

Can any one suggest me what was wrong. How else I can avoid \n in the
subject line. I want my body in multiple lines

Thanks and Regards,
Surya Kiran

Re: New line characters in message body.

[Paul Hoffman]

On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 10:54:41AM -0700, Maruvada, Suryakiran wrote:
 When I give echo first line \n second line \n the out put is 
 
 first line 
 second line

Really?  What's your shell?  Are you doing this in a cron job?

 but when I use the same with mutt i.e
 echo first line \n second line \n | mutt -a attachment mail-id
 my body of the mail come like :   first line \n second line \n
 
 Can any one suggest me what was wrong. How else I can avoid \n in the
 subject line. I want my body in multiple lines

echo -e first line\nsecond line
echo $'first line\nsecond line'

(Either or both, depending on your shell.)

 Thanks and Regards,
 Surya Kiran

HTH,

Paul.

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