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. -- Paul Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>