Hi Tobias, First, thanks for your very quick response...
tobias schlottke wrote: >> I try to run the following script on the latest Cygwin (updated yesterday) on >> Windows XP SP3: >> >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> data=$(cat<<'EOF' >> Date valeur;Reference de l'operation;Description;Montant de >> l'operation;Devise;Date d'operation;Compte de contrepartie;Nom de la >> contrepartie :;Communication 1 :;Communication 2 : >> 04-06-2009;A9F04NT01WK300TG;Virem. >> internet;420,00;EUR;04-06-2009;799-5900947-23;PAYEE ONE; ; >> 24-02-2009;A9B24NT012K4018Z;Virem. >> internet;-54,93;EUR;24-02-2009;799-9974005-30;ME;Eigen rekening; >> 18-05-2008;A8E19NT000S604QI;Virem. >> internet;-1.000,00;EUR;19-05-2008;799-8068445-18;PAYEE TWO; ; >> EOF >> ) >> echo "$data" >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > What type of shell do you use? GNU bash, version 3.2.51(24)-release (i686-pc-cygwin) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > If I use bash and the 'plain old' syntax, it works: > > data=`cat <<EOF > ..... > EOF > ` > echo $data The following: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- data=`cat <<'BABEL_STRING' Date valeur;Reference de l'operation;Description;Montant de l'operation;Devise;Date d'operation;Compte de contrepartie;Nom de la contrepartie :;Communication 1 :;Communication 2 : 04-06-2009;A9F04NT01WK300TG;Virem. internet;420,00;EUR;04-06-2009;799-5900947-23;PAYEE ONE; ; 24-02-2009;A9B24NT012K4018Z;Virem. internet;-54,93;EUR;24-02-2009;799-9974005-30;ME;Eigen rekening; 18-05-2008;A8E19NT000S604QI;Virem. internet;-1.000,00;EUR;19-05-2008;799-8068445-18;PAYEE TWO; ; BABEL_STRING ` echo "$data" | grep PAYEE --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- does indeed work exactly as I need it: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- 04-06-2009;A9F04NT01WK300TG;Virem. internet;420,00;EUR;04-06-2009;799-5900947-23;PAYEE ONE; ; 18-05-2008;A8E19NT000S604QI;Virem. internet;-1.000,00;EUR;19-05-2008;799-8068445-18;PAYEE TWO; ; --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Thank you VERY MUCH! BTW, is it a bug, then, that the new syntax *does not* work? I can't believe I'm the first one facing this. > Or do you need backtics as well? Nope. Don't need backtics. You're my savvier... Though, please note that I well need the double quotes around "$data". Otherwise, the above code (with echo $data | grep PAYEE) returns: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- Date valeur;Reference de l'operation;Description;Montant de l'operation;Devise;Date d'operation;Compte de contrepartie;Nom de la con trepartie :;Communication 1 :;Communication 2 : 04-06-2009;A9F04NT01WK300TG;Virem. internet;420,00;EUR;04-06-2009;799-5900947-23;PAY EE ONE; ; 24-02-2009;A9B24NT012K4018Z;Virem. internet;-54,93;EUR;24-02-2009;799-9974005-30;ME;Eigen rekening; 18-05-2008;A8E19NT000S 604QI;Virem. internet;-1.000,00;EUR;19-05-2008;799-8068445-18;PAYEE TWO; ; --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Best regards, Fabrice Niessen -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
