[debbugs-tracker] bug#9719: closed (i found a bug)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: i found a bug Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:55:18 +0800

address@hidden ~]# echo " aa           bb                 cc             dd      ee   "| tr -s [:blank:]

 a           bb                 cc             dd      ee   

address@hidden ~]# echo " aa           bb                 cc             dd      ee   "| tr -s " "

 aa bb cc dd ee 

address@hidden ~]#

i can not use like "[:blank:]"

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> On 10/10/2011 10:55 AM, Ovear wrote:
> > address@hidden ~]# echo " aa           bb                 cc
> > dd      ee   "| tr -s [:blank:]
> >   a           bb                 cc             dd      ee
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> Thanks for the report.  However, this is not a bug in tr, but a bug in 
> your usage of the shell.  I suspect that you have a file in the current 
> directory that is named with a single character, such that the shell 
> glob [:blank:] is expanding to the name of that file.
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> > address@hidden ~]# echo " aa           bb                 cc
> > dd      ee   "| tr -s " "
> >   aa bb cc dd ee
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> > i can not use like "[:blank:]"
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> Yes you can, if you quote it so the shell can't treat it as a glob:
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> # echo " aa           bb                 cc
> > dd      ee   "| tr -s "[:blank:]"
>  aa bb cc dd ee
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