How can I get new line with configparser file key values?

Question

python code

import configparser
cfg = configparser.ConfigParser()
cfg.read('config.ini')
message = cfg['common']['msg']
print(message)

config.ini

[common]
msg = hi /n how are you?

output

hi /n how are you?

But I need newline instead of /n printitng

hi
how are you?

Does this answer your question? [New lines with ConfigParser?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11399665/new-lines-with-configparser) — Hampus Larsson, Dec 22 '20 at 21:50

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '20 at 05:57

0

ConfigParser escapes '\n' in ini values as '\n', so try replacing it.

message = cfg['common']['msg']
message.replace('\\n', '\n')
print(message)

answered Dec 29 '20 at 05:57

Vignesh

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Other way round. He shoud add the backslash in his config file, not in his code. – wuerfelfreak Dec 29 '20 at 06:39
It's not a *good* option, it's the only one... Your proposed code will not work anyway as the escaped character is wrong in the file itself... It's a matter of a simple typo... – Tomerikoo Dec 29 '20 at 08:57

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