Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT sources DOT redhat DOT com Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 07:51:18 -0500 From: Wayne Willcox To: "Robinow, David" Cc: Cygwin Subject: Re: cygiwn newline character Message-ID: <20011019075118.B99095@reliant.immure.com> Reply-To: Wayne Willcox References: <80575AFA5F0DD31197CE00805F650D7602D03B AT wilber DOT adroit DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <80575AFA5F0DD31197CE00805F650D7602D03B@wilber.adroit.com> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD reliant.knighthammer.com 3.5-STABLE FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE Looks like the shell built-in is the echo that has been changed. Good to know since that means you can use the standard echo from the /bin directory. On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 06:07:43PM -0400, Robinow, David wrote: > This is getting crazier and crazier. > > #!/bin/sh > echo -e hello world '\t' hi there New option for no good reason but to break compatibility > > OR > > #!/bin/bash > echo hello world $'\t' hi there new syntax also breaks compatibility I would not recommand using this either. > > OR > > #!/bin/bash > /bin/echo hello world $'\t' hi there > > OR > > #!/bin/tcsh > echo hello world '\t' hi there > > But NOT > > #!/bin/tcsh > /bin/echo hello world '\t' hi there > > Interesting facts: > 1) /bin/sh on cygwin does not have the same features > as /bin/sh on many familiar unix systems. > > 2) bash is documented (man bash !) and behaves like > bash on many familiar unix systems. > > 3) echo is a shell builtin. It is a mistake to talk > about the "cygwin echo" unless you mean /bin/echo > > 4) It's spelled "cygwin" not "cygiwn" > > 5) This thread has nothing to do with newlines. > > 6) tcsh programming is harmful. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wayne Willcox [mailto:wayne AT reliant DOT knighthammer DOT com] > > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 4:13 PM > > To: amihailo AT shepherd DOT edu > > Cc: hrishy; Cygwin > > Subject: Re: cygiwn newline character > > > > > > Why a $ this certainly will not work on AIX or FreeBSD both > > of those systems > > will return the following output. > > hello world $ hi there > > > > Okay the tab is now being honored but you would have to cut the $. > > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 01:06:29PM -0400, Alec Mihailovs wrote: > > > You should put a $ sign in front of '\t' : > > > > > > echo hello world $'\t' hi there > > > > > > Alec > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > i am running the following programme under windows > > > #!/bin/sh > > > echo hello world '\t' hi there > > > > > > i am getting the output as hello world '\t' hi there > > > > > > wheras i require the output to be > > > hello word hi there > > > Hrishy > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Slowly and surely the unix crept up on the Nintendo user ... Wayne Willcox I will not eat green eggs and ham wayne AT reliant DOT immure DOT com I will not eat them Sam I Am!! A wise person makes his own decisions, a weak one obeys public opinion. -- Chinese proverb -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/