<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="PostalCode"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="Street"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="address"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> Looks like the back slash is getting escaped out. Try double backslashes: \\n instead of \n.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Tal<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <div> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center tabindex=-1> </div> From: nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:nagios-users-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of mark.potter@academy.com Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 9:33 AM To: nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Nagios-users] Line breaks in notifications ignored<o:p></o:p> </div> <o:p> </o:p> I am pretty sure I have seen the answer to this but I have searched the archives, google, and my own archives (since I joined the list) and can't seem to find where I saw this mentioned before. I have notification commands such as: define command{ command_name host-notify-by-email command_line /usr/bin/printf "%b" "** Nagios **\n\nNotification Type: $NOTIFICATIONTYPE$\nHost: $HOSTNAME$\nState: $HOSTSTATE$\nAddress: $HOSTADDRESS$\nInfo: $HOSTOUTPUT$\n\nDate/Time: $LONGDATETIME$\n" | /usr/bin/mailx -s "Host $HOSTSTATE$ alert for $HOSTNAME$!" $CONTACTEMAIL$ } When I run: /usr/bin/printf "%b" "** Nagios **\n\nNotification Type" from the command line it appears correctly, with the \n inserting a line break, however when Nagios sends an alert I get the alert with no line breaks and an"nn" or "n" (depending on the break) where it should have been. I am stumped at the moment. I have been over the docs but only found the macros listing. I have a sneaking suspicion that it may have something to do with 2.9/2.10 upgrades but that didn't make much sense to me. I have tried escaping the breaks but the same thing happens as if there weren't any escapes there at all. Nagios 2.10 SLES: 9 patch level 3 Any help at all, even just the right google phrase for which to search, would really be appreciated! Best Regards, Mark L. Potter Systems Engineer Academy Sports & Outdoors <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1800 N. Mason Rd</st1:address></st1:Street> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Katy</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">Texas</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">77449</st1:PostalCode></st1:place> Office: 281-646-5857 Cell: 281-734-6965<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>