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How to echo a string of more than 1024 chars in a bash script?
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- Subject: How to echo a string of more than 1024 chars in a bash script?
- From: Kim Ollivier <kimo at iconz dot co dot nz>
- Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 12:02:03 +1200
- Organization: Ollivier & Company Ltd
I have a script that generates a header and standard script that now
fails
if I run it under NT4.0 and B19 Cynus bash shell. I think it used to
work,
but it certainly does in Solaris.
eg
# make a dummy script
... various variables and setup options
... dates etc
echo "
# comments
Date: $DATE
commands
lots more lines.... more than 1024 chars in total
" > scriptname
The resulting scriptname file is truncated. Sometimes bash core dumps.
Is this a bash limit, an environment setting, an echo command limit, or
what.
If it is a built-in limit, what simple shell scripting techniques get
around it?
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