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Re: behavior diff. btw. 3.0 and 3.1 (may be a bug)
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: behavior diff. btw. 3.0 and 3.1 (may be a bug) |
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Tue, 24 Jan 2006 09:34:44 -0500 |
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vw@vonwolff.de wrote:
> Machine Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu
>
> Bash Version: 3.1
> Patch Level: 5
> Release Status: release
>
> Description:
> There is a behavior difference between bash 3.0 and 3.1. This results
> in trouble installing oracle database software. in 3.0 `cmd` can
> span over lines, in 3.1 not.
>
> Repeat-By:
>
> a=`echo 'a b c' | sed 's/ /\\
> /g' | grep 'b'`
> echo $a
Yes, it certainly seems to be a bug.
Chet
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