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no new line split when I open a .txt file

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Posted on by ShayGur

Hey,
I'm trying to create a flow that get a .txt file content and sends it as an email. The problem is that the email I'm getting appears in one line, without the new lines in the .txt file.
how can I split the string to multiple lines?

Thank you.

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TheNextOne 37 on at

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@ShayGur could you please explain better the implemented flow?
What do you do to insert the new line character to the txt file?

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ShayGur 33 on at

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It's a manually written .txt file, I just write a day summary to send to my boss. Each task completed is a new line, but it appears in one line in the email sent by the power Automate.

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ManishSolanki 15,091 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @ShayGur

You need to write an expression to replace new line characters with <br> tag. Pls refer the below example:

Expressions are written in the expression box as fx formulas (highlighted in above screenshot).

Expression used in the above example:

replace(outputs('Compose_2'),decodeUriComponent('%0A'),'<br>')

Pls replace 'outputs('Compose_2')' with actual variable used in your flow.

If this helps & solves your problem, please remember to give a 👍 and accept my solution as it will help others in the future.

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Ryan_B 446 on at

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What is the format of your text file? You can use the Split function to separate the line items as long as you can specify a separator. This will give you a single column table of the data, which you can then work with to format how you want in the email.

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TheNextOne 37 on at

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@ShayGur when you paste the content of txt file on email body, try to append to every rows a new variable as the following one

The value is a simple return character.

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ShayGur 33 on at

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That did it! thank you!

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