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bug#7739: bug in md5sum ?
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Eric Blake |
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bug#7739: bug in md5sum ? |
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Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:19:56 -0700 |
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On 12/26/2010 06:21 PM, Jon Stanley wrote:
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> I think that you're seeing the difference in line termination
> characters in Linux and Windows. If you just want the characters
> themselves echoed to the command in Linux, you need to use 'echo -n'
> otherwise it gets terminated with a newline.
'echo -n' is non-portable. You are better off conditioning yourself to
think about 'printf' rather than perpetuating the problems associated
with 'echo -n'.
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Eric Blake address@hidden +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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