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On 03/11/2011 08:28 AM, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> echo /opt/IBN/df | tr [A-Z] [a-z]
>=20
> produces:
>=20
>    /opt/xxx/df

Let me guess - you have a file named 'x' in the current directory.

Quote your arguments, so that the shell won't glob them:

echo /opt/IBN/df | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]'

This is not cygwin-specific.

--=20
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