[SOLVED] BASH CGI stripping line feeds in variable

n1uro · 11-21-2019, 09:46 AM

I'm in the process of converting my old CGIs that rely on the now-defunct <ISINDEX> to use <FORM> directives. Everything seems fine EXCEPT the results when displayed in browsers lose their line feeds. If I push the variable to a file and cat it at the console it's fine, but even if I cat the file in the browser headed by <pre> it still shows the variable without line feeds.

Anyone have any clue as to why or a fix?

Much appreciated.

scasey · 11-21-2019, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by n1uro

I'm in the process of converting my old CGIs that rely on the now-defunct <ISINDEX> to use <FORM> directives. Everything seems fine EXCEPT the results when displayed in browsers lose their line feeds. If I push the variable to a file and cat it at the console it's fine, but even if I cat the file in the browser headed by <pre> it still shows the variable without line feeds.

Anyone have any clue as to why or a fix?

Much appreciated.

Browsers don't see line feeds at all. Replace them with a <br> tag.

n1uro · 11-21-2019, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by scasey

Browsers don't see line feeds at all. Replace them with a <br> tag.

Thanks, but that wasn't what I was talking about. In any event I fixed the issue.

scasey · 11-21-2019, 07:05 PM

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Originally Posted by n1uro

Thanks, but that wasn't what I was talking about. In any event I fixed the issue.

Please share your fix for folks looking for answers in the future...
(And maybe clarify what you were talking about?)