Re: any shell that doesn't expand \t or \n in it's arguments?
From: jwk (_hate_spam_thunder7_at_xs4all.nl)
Date: 03/31/04
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Date: 31 Mar 2004 16:40:57 GMT
From: Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:19:16 -0500
> In article <slrnc6jce5.2pe._hate_spam_thunder7@middle.of.nowhere>,
> jwk <_hate_spam_thunder7@xs4all.nl> wrote:
>
>> host=`echo $1 | cut -d"\\" -f1`
>
> Or use printf:
>
> host=$(printf '%s' "$1" | cut -d'\\' -f1)
>
That solved it. Thanks,
Jurriaan
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