Say I have this line of input from a file: 
|decoraw@act.org|This is my message.\\nI hope these returns will work 
+this time.\\nWendy|http://www.act.org|3|3|

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And this perl script: 
#!/usr/bin/perl

$mailprog = '/usr/sbin/sendmail -t';
$admin_email="decoraw\@act.org";
$subject="Testing the new mass mailer";
$file = "/actapps/suitespot/cgi-bin/sender/returntest3.txt";
$number_sent = 0;
open(DATA, "$file") || die "Can't open $file";    # open the file for 
+reading

while($line = <DATA>)
{
    chomp $line;
    ($junk,$email,$message,$survey_url,$login,$password) = split(/\|/,
+$line);
    
    $message =~ s|\\n|\n|g;  #replace the escaped newlines with newlin
+es for formatting
    
    open (MAIL, "|$mailprog -t") || die "Can't open $mailprog! \n";
        print MAIL "Content-type:text/plain\n";
        print MAIL "From: $admin_email\n";
        print MAIL "To: $email\n";
        print MAIL "Subject: $subject\n";
        print MAIL "$message\n\n";
        print MAIL "URL: $survey_url\n";
        print MAIL "Login: $login\n";
        print MAIL "Password: $password\n";
        close(MAIL);
        $number_sent++;
}

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And I get this output in an email: 
This is my message.\
I hope these returns will work this time.\
Wendy

URL: http://www.act.org Login: 3
Password: 3

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What is wrong with my regex  $message =~ s|\\n|\n|g;  #replace the escaped newlines with newlines for formatting that is causing the new lines to be inserted but one \ to remain? I've tried several variations on the regex, but this is the only one i've been able to actually get the newlines showup properly. TIA -Wendy

In reply to escaping newlines, regex question by hmbscully

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