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Re: Possible bug in echo
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: Possible bug in echo |
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Mon, 28 Jul 2003 13:01:39 +0200 |
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Alexander Bedard <address@hidden> writes:
|> This appears to be a bug in echo:
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|> echo `echo` should return 2 line feeds, but it only gives one.
This has nothing to do with echo. The shell is unconditionally stripping
trailing newlines from command substitutions. This is a feature, not a
bug.
Andreas.
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