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Re: bash 2.0.2 backquoted text includes final carriage return
- To: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com, "Randall R. Schulz" <rschulz@teknowledge.com>, cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
- Subject: Re: bash 2.0.2 backquoted text includes final carriage return
- From: Rick Rankin <rick_rankin@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 10:29:37 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: Bill Kelly <kelly@softwired-inc.com>
No, I have text mounts, CYGWIN="tty notitle glob ntea" and I don't see any
trailing CR. I have
GNU bash, version 2.02.1(2)-release (i586-pc-cygwin32)
$ echo -n `hostname` | od -c
0000000 p c - f l t l g
0000010
$ type hostname
hostname is /cygnus/cygwin-b20/H-i586-cygwin32/bin/hostname
Rick
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--- Earnie Boyd <earnie_boyd@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Strange. I get this type of behavior using the cygwin product regardless of
> the binmode setting (unspecified, binmode or nobinmode). I am using text
> mode
> mounts which may be the cause of it working/not working.
>
> --- "Randall R. Schulz" <rschulz@teknowledge.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > The original complaint is correct. Here's what happens on Solaris under
> > bash 2.0.2:
> >
> > 1001> shell
> > BASH=/usr/local/bin/bash; BASH_VERSION=2.01.0(1)-release
> >
> > 1002> echo -n `hostname` |od -c
> > 0000000 n i t r o g e n
> > 0000010
> >
> >
> > Here's the same under Linux:
> >
> > 1001> shell
> > BASH=/bin/bash; BASH_VERSION=2.02.0(3)-release
> > 1002> echo -n `hostname` |od -c
> > echo -n `hostname` | od -c
> > 0000000 t i t a n i u m . t e k n o w l
> > 0000020 e d g e . c o m
> > 0000030
> >
> >
> > BTW, using $( ... ) instead of ` ... ` (my personal preference) yields the
> > same results.
> >
> > Lastly, on page 18 of my copy of the BASH manual (sec. 3.10.2 Command
> > Substitution), it is explicitly stated that trailing newlines are removed.
> >
>
> ===
> "Earnie Boyd" <mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com>
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