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Backticking in Shell Scripts


I just installed cygwin32 19.1, but am having a strange problem.  I'm
sure I have something set up wrong, but I have absolutely no idea what I
goofed up.

If I am at a bach prompt, the following will produce the correct output:

        # echo `uname -a`

But, if I try

        #!/bin/bash

        echo `uname -a`

I get a null string.  If I add -v and -x flags for bash I can see that
uname is getting executed.

I looked through the FAQ and the mailing list archives with no luck. 
Any ideas?  If it makes any difference I am using WinNT 4.0 SP 3.  
Thanks.

--Matt Donadio (m.p.donadio@ieee.org)
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