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According to Jim Easton on 11/8/2006 7:47 PM:
> Interesting:  When I do that it works fine in both cases, even when I
> force a <CR> at the end of the line.  It appears as though when bash
> sees the <CR> at the end of line it automatically deletes it.  Mind
> you I am using an earlier version of cygwin;
> 
> 	CYGWIN_NT-5.1 1.5.19(0.150/4/2) 2006-01-20 13:28
> and so presumably an earlier version of bash
> 	GNU bash, version 3.00.16(14)-release (i686-pc-cygwin)

Consider upgrading - we're at cygwin 1.5.21 and bash 3.1 (or
experimentally, 3.2).  This list does not make it a habit to support older
than the previous release, because of the bugs that have been fixed since.

> 
> Is there a bash variable that controls such behaviour (I can't find one)
> or was there an upgrade in the interim?

HAVE YOU NOT BEEN READING THE ARCHIVES?  This has been the hottest topic
on this list _all month long_.
http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2006-11/msg00009.html

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