(since this is a newsgroup, can you please quote the message you're replying to).
Johhny wrote: > In response to that the output is this : > > <type 'str'> 'Updated libc-client packages that fix a buffer overflow > issue are now\navailable.\n\nThis update has been rated as having > moderate security impact by the Red\nHat Security Response Team.' <type 'str> means that it *is* a string, after all. looks like you didn't post the code you were using :-( replacing the print statement with errata_package = errata_package.replace("\n", " ") should do what you want. </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list