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Eric Blake wrote:
> There is also the possibility of making bash turn igncr on by default, but
> /bin/sh leaving it off, since only /bin/sh is specified by POSIX; but that
> also gives me the willies thinking about people who will complain why
> their script doesn't work when they change from #!/bin/bash to #!/bin/sh.

With all due respect, /bin/sh is meant to be POSIX-conforming, and IMO 
should force igncr to be off. IOW such people deserve what they get. :-)

The other side of this argument is 'why did you switch to #!/bin/sh?'. 
Chance are it was done to make a script "more portable", and as we of 
course know '\r' line endings are *not* portable.

Not that I'm trying to convince you of anything, just trying to help you 
feel better if you decide to make this decision. :-)

-- 
Matthew
$ kill bill - kill: can't find process "bill"


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