Replacing Newline Characters in Java and JSTL
<%@taglib prefix="c" uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/core"%> <%@taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsp/jstl/functions" prefix="fn" %> <% pageContext.setAttribute("newLineChar", "\n"); %> <p class="text-muted"> ${fn:replace(myText, newLineChar, "<br />")} </p>