Output format when sending the mail using mailx

Question

I have a summary file which needs to be displayed with formatting as it is in the OS to the mail.

Summary.txt

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Total files deleted: 55

@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Total Files fixed :77
Path :/tmp

But when mail is sent the formatting is lost ( i even tried cat -e)

@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Total files deleted: 55 @@@@@@@@@@@@@ Total Files fixed :77 Path :/tmp

Following is the code, can anyone help me to preserve the formatting

summary=`cat /tmp/Summary.txt`
body="Hi Team, \n\n Find below  summary . \n\n $summary \n\nRegards"
echo -e $body | mail -s "$SID: Job Report" -a $asummary -a $tsummary $mail

Answer 1

try this:

summary=`cat /tmp/Summary.txt`
echo -e "Hi Team,\n\nFind below summary .\n\n${summary}\n\nRegards" | \
mail -s "$SID:Job Report" -a $asummary -a $tsummary $mail

note: you can split a shell command over multiple lines by using \