Echo not preserving linebreaks?

[LoKe]

A buddy of mine is trying to format the output of "/usr/local/bin/tw_cli /c0/u0 show". Running this from the terminal outputs something like this:

Unit UnitType Status %Cmpl Port Stripe Size(GB) Blocks
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
u0 RAID-1 OK - - - 465.761 976771120
u0-0 DISK OK - p0 - 465.761 976771120
u0-1 DISK OK - p1 - 465.761 976771120

This is what it should look like. Now, we're trying to echo it to an HTML file for easy viewing, using this:

echo -e `/usr/local/bin/tw_cli /c0/u0 show` > /var/www/status.html

When that happens, all the line breaks are removed. Is there any way to preserve them, or somehow add them in?

[CodeRoot]

Any reason why

/usr/local/bin/tw_cli /c0/u0 show > /var/www/status.html

will not work for you?

[LoKe]

Oh my...always trying to do things the hard way.

Thanks!

One more: Is there any way to add a timestamp? We're trying to do this with a crontab, so far we have:

00,15,30,45 * * * * /usr/local/bin/tw_cli /c0/u0 show > /var/www/status.html

Bah, "date" is more than enough.

[cyberinstru]

When that happens, all the line breaks are removed. Is there any way to preserve them, or somehow add them in?

The reason is, the output does not contain escape-sequences and thus 'echo' could not detect it.

[CodeRoot]

Is there any way to add a timestamp?

Add a timestamp to what? The data contained in 'status.html'?

[LoKe]

Add a timestamp to what? The data contained in 'status.html'?

Pretty much. Basically he just wanted to know when the check was done. I'm a little confused as to why he wants this, since it's run by a crontab hourly, and the contents are replaced each time. Kind of pointless, I'd think.