On 24 Jun 2025 at 22:23, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
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Subject: Bash: how do I read a file into a variable and keep
the line feeds?
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> Hi All,
>
> In my bash script, I want to load a file into a
> variable and keep the line feeds.
>
> x=$(cat filename)
>
> remove all the line feeds.
>
> I want $x to be exactly the same as filename.
>
> This is where I would be using this:
> echo "$x" | mailx -s "$Subject" $Cmd $To
Why not use the -q option?
-q file, --quote-file=..
(Send mode) Initialize the message body with the
contents of file, which may be standard input ‘-’ only in
non-interactive context. Also see -M, -m, -t.
>
> I get mailed one long run on line
>
> How do I do get my line feeds back?
>
> -T
>
>
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