15 Nov
2010
15 Nov
'10
2:08 p.m.
On 11/15/2010 01:50 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
I tried this now and converted all \\ to \. I still get the same problem here with dash using 'read -r line' now. The same problem exists with
echo "\1"
or
echo '\1' Ah - the plot thickens, and the light bulb goes on for me. It's not just a problem with read, but also with your use of 'echo' to try and replay a just-read string. 'echo' and '\' don't mix. You have to use
On 11/15/2010 11:24 AM, Stefan Berger wrote: printf for any chance of portability.
printf %s\\n "\1" printf %s\\n '\1' I am surprised that dash doesn't take the opportunity to already extend "\1" or '\1' to char(1) in these cases. A mystery... :-)
I'll fix it. Thanks. Stefan