Output File in One Line with Escape Sequences

Question

I have a file like this:

This
    file
has
newlines
and
    tabs

and I want to generate something that looks like this:

This\n\tfile\nhas\nnewlines\nand\n\ttabs

How can I easily get this output?

Does this answer your question? [Replace newlines with literal \n](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38672680/replace-newlines-with-literal-n) — KamilCuk, Apr 20 '20 at 17:07

Walter A · Answer 1 · 2020-04-21T06:22:19.563

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I just added an answer to Replace newlines with literal \n that works here too.
Using the "new" -z option you can do

sed -z 's/\t/\\t/g;s/\n/\\n/g' file

or

sed -z "s/\t/\\\t/g;s/\n/\\\n/g" file

edited Apr 21 '20 at 06:22

answered Apr 20 '20 at 22:20

Walter A

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