using sed, writing Windows-compatible "new line"

I usually keep a Linux server, but my webpage temporarily resides on GoDaddy hosting.

I use sed through php. The files that come out do not get new lines under Windows.

I can make sed recognize new lines and exchanged them for html (<br>) but how do I put real new-line-characters into the file?

I have seen the following advice but I am not sure how to apply it under php. I get the quotes wrong somehow.

 sed "s/$/`echo -e \\\r`/"            # command line under ksh
 sed 's/$'"/`echo \\\r`/"             # command line under bash
 sed "s/$/`echo \\\r`/"               # command line under zsh
 sed 's/$/\r/'                        # gsed 3.02.80

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Please tell me how to change the line below to give a text-file with new lines readable under both Linux & Windows.

<?php
$output = shell_exec('sed -e \'s/$/<br>/\'  in.txt');
echo $output;
?>

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use this code \r\n

 

Thanks for feedback, I tried the two following, however I still don't get any new lines in the output file.

$output = shell_exec('sed -e \'s/$/\r\n/\'  in.txt');
I also tried:
$output = shell_exec('sed -e \'s/$/\\r\\n/\'  in.txt');

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I think the problem is not in sed.

I think the problem is that since I used "echo" the browser will interpret the result as html and new-line will disappear.

If I just run the output to a file and then link the browser to this text-file, it all comes out OK (with new-lines). If the browser receives a link to a textfile, it will interpret the new-line character as new-line (whereas in html it will appear as a blank).

$output = shell_exec('sed -e \'s/foo/bar/g\' -e \'s/\[/\{/g\' -e \'s/\]/\}/g\' in.txt > out.txt');

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If I direct the browser to out.txt, the new-line-characters are OK.

I think this thread is solved. Sorry for putting a misleading question from the beginning.

 

no problem, as you have solved your problem! (that's why you posted here... so everyone learn from your tiny mistake!)

 

Tanks for the positive approach Eric, that helps a lot.

I just learnt from an Ubuntu-using friend that I can put the following at the start of the php-file to make the browser react as if it were reading a text-file:

<? header('Content-type: text/plain'); ?>

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Echo and other php-output will be interpreted as text and new-lines will show as new-lines in the browser.