X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com From: Will Parsons Subject: Re: bash scripting problem Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 14:47:34 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 35 Message-ID: References: <4570BAB1 DOT 1050603 AT qualcomm DOT com> <003401c715b6$a874da50$020aa8c0 AT DFW5RB41> Reply-To: ellenophilos AT yahoo DOT com User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Debian) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: >> From: Rob Walker >> >> d2u may also corrupt "text" files that need to have CR in >> them. This includes bash scripts that need to parse or output CR. >> >> -Rob > > Do you have a link to such a script? I don't mean a proof-of-principle; I'm > sure a suitable example can be contrived. What I'm looking for is a shell > script "in the wild" that purposely has a carriage return embedded in it for > reasons other than ending a line of the script. > Here's a real-life example, slightly edited: -------------------------- #!/bin/sh # the first command to sed below contains an embedded '\r', so it may look odd. sed \ -e 's/ $//' \ -e 's/^"$#.*$"/\1/' \ -e 's/ /,/g' \ -e 's/,,*$//' \ -e '/^$/d' \ -e '/^#/s/LLC,200/LLC, 200/' \ $1 -------------------------- This script is used to preprocess the CSV output of Exceed into an ASCII configuration file used on a Unix-type system (*not* Cygwin). Note that the literal cannot be replaced by "\r" here, since sed doesn't support it on this platform. - Will -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/