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Start:What I just Did. (In responce to your email.)
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Debian:XShells:XTerm
cd Mail
sh do.sh
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End:What I just Did.
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Where :r do.sh=(
cp -bvpi tmp jay_060206m.to
read
cp -bvpi tmp jay_060206m.to
read
cp -bvpi tmp jay_060206m.to
read
cp -bvpi tmp jay_060206m.to
)
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Start:Result.
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The first three "cp"'s each produced an error message:
cp: invalid option --
Try `cp --help' for more information
The last "cp" was successful with the message:
`tmp' -> `jay_060206m.to'
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End:Result.
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I edited the saved history file named "tmp" to produce the
shell script named "do.sh".
I can not spot any difference between the four lines.
I thought "vi" would show any special characters.
I did not expect this procedure to reproduce the effect,
but it did.
I must be doing something dumb.
Jim Hertzler
http://dynamicaviation.com
<Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2006 14:45:43 -0500
<To: Jim Hertzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<Subject: Re: Bug#351695: Simple Bash command gives unexpected error message.
<From: Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<
<On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 02:46:07PM -0500, Jim Hertzler wrote:
<> Package: bash
<> Version: 2.05b.0(1)-release
<>
<> Output of "sh --version">/tmp/tmp:
<> GNU bash, version 2.05b.0(1)-release (i386-pc-linux-gnu)
<> Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
<>
<> Output of "cp -bvpi tmp jay_060202m.to 2>/tmp/tmp":
<> cp: invalid option --
<> Try `cp --help' for more information.
<>
<> Last few line of "history>tmp":
<> 774 ls -rlt ~/Sh |grep txt
<> 775 pdftotext Qte1286719.pdf
<> 776 ls -rlt
<> 777 vi Qte1286719.txt
<> 778 ls -rlt
<> 779 cp -bvpi tmp icc_joanne_060206m.txt
<> 780 ls -rlt
<> 781 cp -bvpi tmp jay_060206m.to
<> 782 cp -bvpi tmp jay_060206m.to
<> 783 cp -bvpi tmp jay_060206m.to
<> 784 cp -bvpi tmp jay_060206m.to
<> 785 history
<> 786 history>tmp
<>
<> I cursered up to repeat the "cp" command and got the same error message.
<> I retyped the command and it worked fine with no error message.
<> I cursered up agian to the orginal command and the error message was
repeated.
<> This computer is an old Pentium III.
<> "xdm" is handling four (4) screens with twm.
<> Six or seven xterms are running on one screen.
<Can you reproduce this in a newly spawned bash instance?
<
<Justin
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