Find difference in file encoding

Question

I am sending email from the cmd with msmtp for that I do

cat > test1 << EOF
>From: "Tester"
>test
>EOF


cat test1 | msmtp email@mail.com

This works while:

echo -e 'From: "Tester"\ntest' > test2
cat test2 | msmtp email@mail.com

Doesn't work although

diff test1 test2

returned nothing and both

 file -bi test1 test2

returned the same results

 message/rfc822; charset=us-ascii

This has nothing to do with encoding and the diff should be returning something since the first cat would yield a two-line file while the echo command will only result in a one-liner. Either you've done something wrong or there is something you're not telling us. — cptMikky, Jun 08 '15 at 01:24

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '15 at 13:40

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The problem is you're not using the -e option with your echo command.

Try this:

echo -e 'From: "Tester"\ntest' > test2
cat test2 | msmtp email@mail.com

-e is for telling echo to interpret escaped chars (like "\n").

answered Jun 08 '15 at 13:40

moebius_eye

Ah sorry, I did have "-e" in my script, just did not posted it in the question. – Nabil Sham Jun 08 '15 at 15:04

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