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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 14:56:56 -0500
From: Charles Wilson <cwilson AT ece DOT gatech DOT edu>
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To: Rick Rankin <rick_rankin AT yahoo DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Problem with bash command substitution?
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Rick Rankin wrote:
> 
> I discovered that bash is hanging on the following line in my .bash_profile:
> 
> export NODE=$(hostname | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z')
> 
> If I type
> 
> hostname | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z'
> 
> on the command line, it returns immediately with the results I expect. It only
> seems to hang inside the $() or `` command substitution mechanism. I currently
> have
> 
> CYGWIN=tty notitle glob ntea nontsec
> 
> and I have all text mounts. I'm using the latest snapshot. Has anyone else seen
> this behavior?
> 
> Rick

With anything newer than the Jan 31 snapshot, bash hangs *somewhere* in
the .bashrc - .bash_profile area. I have not yet narrowed it down to a
particular command, tho.

--Chuck

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