csh echo problem with backquotes
Brian V. Smith
envbvs at epb2.lbl.gov
Fri Oct 27 10:18:47 AEST 1989
<
< I'm having a problem with csh's echo command in combination with back-quote.
<
< % ls -l /usr/bin/csh
< -r-xr-xr-x 1 root 94208 Nov 15 1988 /usr/bin/csh
<
<
< % echo "`date` Start" > echoproblem
<
< % od -c echoproblem
< 0000000 377 T 377 h 377 u 377 377 O 377 c 377 t 377
< 0000020 377 2 377 6 377 377 1 377 5 377 : 377 1 377 3
< 0000040 377 : 377 4 377 7 377 377 P 377 D 377 T 377
< 0000060 377 1 377 9 377 8 377 9 377 377 S 377 t 377 a
< 0000100 377 r 377 t \n
< 0000105
<
[...]
< Andy Hisgen
< DEC Systems Research Center
< hisgen at src.dec.com
< DECSRC::HISGEN
Wait a minute! You are from DEC and you don't know about this bug? 8-)
Actually I am surprised that it hasn't been fixed yet, as it was reported
in 3.0. Oh well.
The problem is apparently in the 8-bit character i/o that was attempted
in Ultrix 3.0. It is a known bug when using `` and "" together.
Let's hope that it is fixed in the next update.
_____________________________________
Brian V. Smith (bvsmith at lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL, these non-opinions are all mine.
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