Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Message-ID: <17B78BDF120BD411B70100500422FC6309E10E@IIS000> From: Bernard Dautrevaux To: "'Matthew Smith'" , Cygwin Subject: RE: Has CR/LF and cat problem with textutils-2.0 been solved? Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 19:59:27 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > -----Original Message----- > From: Matthew Smith [mailto:matts@bluesguitar.org] > Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 7:59 PM > To: Cygwin > Subject: Re: Has CR/LF and cat problem with textutils-2.0 been solved? > > > I would be interested in comments from the mailing list. If > people want > \r's stripped, I will implement the changes. ... > > I think it is arguable whether cat should strip CRs or not. > It is not > arguable > > whether bash's backtick handling should treat its input as > text mode. > > ... > > > > cgf > > I don't think cat should strip \r's on input; I quite often use cat to concatenate binary data :-) However *all* shells (and not only bash) *must* read the standard output of command expansion (backtick) in *text* mode, as it *does* expect text and is *not* willing to handle binary data there. The problem here is thus IMNSHO in cat but in the shell, so *please* don't feed the cat with a new bug :-). Regards, Bernard -------------------------------------------- Bernard Dautrevaux Microprocess Ingenierie 97 bis, rue de Colombes 92400 COURBEVOIE FRANCE Tel: +33 (0) 1 47 68 80 80 Fax: +33 (0) 1 47 88 97 85 e-mail: dautrevaux@microprocess.com b.dautrevaux@usa.net -------------------------------------------- -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Send a message to cygwin-unsubscribe@sourceware.cygnus.com