Echo command cuts new lines

Question

I'm trying this command in my prompt to get all results into one file:

$ echo $(apt-cache search nano) > search

But, they are writing in a one line:

$ cat search
alpine-pico - Simple text editor from Alpine, a text-based email client libboost-chrono-dev - C++ representation of time duration, time point, and clocks (default version) libboost-chrono1.49-dev - C++ representation of time duration, time point, and clocks libboost-chrono1.49.0 - C++ representation of time duration, time point, and clocks science-config - Debian Science Project config package science-nanoscale-physics - Debian Science Nanoscale Physics packages science-nanoscale-physics-...

What am I doing wrong?

@TomFenech write it as an answer, so I could mark it as right! thx — Alexey Berezuev, Feb 12 '15 at 15:02
It solves the problem but [as anubhava rightly points out](http://stackoverflow.com/a/28480817/2088135), it is unnecessary. — Tom Fenech, Feb 12 '15 at 15:06

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 12 '15 at 15:03

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You just need to use:

apt-cache search nano > search

There is no need to use echo and command substitution which is stripping newlines to a space due to absence of quotes around your command.

answered Feb 12 '15 at 15:03

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