fsc-log-...@richardneill.org wrote: > Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: > Machine: i486 > OS: linux-gnu > Compiler: gcc > Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i486' > -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i486-pc-linux-gnu' > -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash' -DSHELL > -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I../bash -I../bash/include -I../bash/lib -g -O2 > -Wall > uname output: Linux fsc-log 2.6.28-11-generic #42-Ubuntu SMP Fri Apr 17 > 01:57:59 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux > Machine Type: i486-pc-linux-gnu > > Bash Version: 3.2 > Patch Level: 48 > Release Status: release > > Description: > Bash allows escape characters to be embedded by using the $'\n' > syntax. However, unlike all other $variables, > this doesn't work with embedded newlines. I think it should.
$'...' and $"..." are not variable expansions. They are special cases of single- and double-quoting, respectively. Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU c...@case.edu http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
