Display the content in different lines in email

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

Hi,
I am checking if a file exists or not and based on the result I am sending an email. The email part works fine but the content of the email comes in a single line and I am not able to display it in diferent lines.

 
 
if [ ! -f /abc/batch/readyFile/errorOccured.ready ]; then
   echo "Hi, \\n An exception exists in the process. \\n Regards \\n Test"  | mail -s "Error in Process" shanth.chandra@abc.com
else
   echo "File exists"
fi

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The email content is displayed as:

Hi, \n An exception exists in the process. \n Regards, \n Test

but rather I need the email content as:

Hi,

An exception exists in the process.

Regards,
Test
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regards
Prashanth

2

Use printf:

printf "Hi, \nAn exception exists in the process. \nRegards \nTest"
1 Like
3

try with

echo -e

may be helpful.

4

Thanks printf works.