Hello I have a webpage with an input section that then runs a perl script with the variables from the input section from the page and then returns the results to the same page this is the code for the HTML page - When it returns the results they are not formatted (with new lines or tabs correctly) 
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquer
+y.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
    $('input').keyup(function() {

        var empty = false;
        $('input').each(function() {
            if ($(this).val().length == 0) {
                empty = true;
            }
        });

        if (empty) {
            $('.actions input').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
        } else {
            $('.actions input').attr('disabled', false);
        }
    });

$("#btnSearch").click(function(event) {
    var term = $("#urlField").val();
    perlExecute(term);
 });

function perlExecute(term){
    $.ajax({
        type: 'POST',
        url: '/cgi-bin/domain-.pl',
        data: { 's': term },
        success: function(res) {
        $("#result").text(res);
        },
        error: function() {$("#result").text("Search Failed\nPossible 
+reasons:-\nThere illegal characters in your search.)");}
    });
};
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div class='form'>
      <input type="text" name="s" placeholder="Search..." id="urlField
+">
    <div class='actions'>
      <input type="button" value="Search" id="btnSearch" disabled="dis
+abled" >
    </div>
</div>
<div id="result"></div>
<p id="content">Lorem Ipsum</p>
</body>
</html>

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The error code if the script fails to run is return in the webpage like this 
Search Failed Possible reasons:- There illegal characters in your sear
+ch

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With no recognition of the my new-line characters or the other extreme is 
["Search Failed\nPossible reasons:-\nThere illegal characters in your 
+search."]

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With my new-line characters printed in the text. - how can I format the error text the way i want it to appear? The other issue is that the command being run is 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use warnings;
use JSON;
use CGI;

my $cgi = CGI->new();
my $string = $cgi->param('s');

$ns_lookup = `dig \@4.2.2.2 +norecurse +nocmd +noquestion +nostats +no
+comments +authority +noadditional $domain NS`;
chomp($ns_lookup);

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print $ns_lookup;

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The above code prints out the following 
google.co.zw. 59751 IN NS ns3.google.com. google.co.zw. 59751 IN NS ns
+4.google.com. google.co.zw. 59751 IN NS ns1.google.com. google.co.zw.
+ 59751 IN NS ns2.google.com.

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Instead of 
google.co.zw.    59751    IN    NS    ns3.google.com. google.co.zw.   
+ 59751    IN    NS    ns4.google.com. google.co.zw.    59751    IN   
+ NS    ns1.google.com. google.co.zw.    59751    IN    NS    ns2.goog
+le.com.

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how can i format the text and make it more legible.

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