Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]: Machine: x86_64 OS: linux-gnu Compiler: gcc Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64' -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-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 -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -Wall uname output: Linux idallen-oak.home.idallen.ca 3.13.0-40-generic #68~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Tue Nov 4 16:00:24 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 4.2 Patch Level: 25 Release Status: release Description: Using "set -o notify" adds spurious CR to output of "jobs" when output is redirected to a file (but not into a pipe). Repeat-By: $ sleep 999 & [1] 16386 $ set +o notify $ jobs >out $ file out out: ASCII text $ set -o notify $ jobs >out $ file out out: ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators $ od -c out 0000000 [ 1 ] + R u n n i n g 0000020 s l 0000040 e e p 9 9 9 & \r \n 0000053 $ jobs | od -c 0000000 [ 1 ] + R u n n i n g 0000020 s l 0000040 e e p 9 9 9 & \n 0000052