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Date:	Tue, 4 May 1999 09:14:27 -0700
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From:	"Randall R. Schulz" <rschulz AT teknowledge DOT com>
Subject:	Re: bash 2.0.2 backquoted text includes final carriage return
Cc:	earnie_boyd AT yahoo DOT com, Bill Kelly <kelly AT softwired-inc DOT com>

Hello,

The original complaint is correct. Here's what happens on Solaris under
bash 2.0.2:

1001> shell
BASH=/usr/local/bin/bash; BASH_VERSION=2.01.0(1)-release

1002> echo -n `hostname` |od -c
0000000   n   i   t   r   o   g   e   n
0000010


Here's the same under Linux:

1001> shell
BASH=/bin/bash; BASH_VERSION=2.02.0(3)-release
1002> echo -n `hostname` |od -c
echo -n `hostname` | od -c
0000000   t   i   t   a   n   i   u   m   .   t   e   k   n   o   w   l
0000020   e   d   g   e   .   c   o   m
0000030


BTW, using $( ... ) instead of ` ... ` (my personal preference) yields the
same results.

Lastly, on page 18 of my copy of the BASH manual (sec. 3.10.2 Command
Substitution), it is explicitly stated that trailing newlines are removed.


Randy Schulz
Teknowledge Corp.
Palo Alto, CA USA

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