Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm Sender: cygwin-owner@sourceware.cygnus.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Sender: rschulz@mailhost.teknowledge.com Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <19990504151508.11830.rocketmail@send205.yahoomail.com> Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 09:14:27 -0700 To: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com From: "Randall R. Schulz" Subject: Re: bash 2.0.2 backquoted text includes final carriage return Cc: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com, Bill Kelly 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. Randy Schulz Teknowledge Corp. Palo Alto, CA USA -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com