29.12.2002 05:06:21, "Jamin W. Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Got a strange situation happening on a friends Debian box. I found the >problem by debugging his ALSA startup problems. Turns out that he's >getting some extra character added to the output of "read" command. > >The following commands replicate this: > $ set -x > $ awk '/^((alias)|(probe)) +snd-card-[0-9]/ {print $3}' \ > /etc/modules.conf | ( while read -e line; do echo $line; done; ) > >on my friend's system this results in: > > + awk '/^((alias)|(probe)) +snd-card-[0-9]/ {print $3}' /etc/modules.conf > + read line > + echo $'snd-emu10k1\r' seems like he has CR (Carriage Return) appended to his lines in /etc/modules.conf You can check with cat -A /etc/modules.conf where the CR appear as ^M > snd-emu10k1 > + read line I have no idea, why the -e would be missing here > >on my system this results in: > > + awk '/^((alias)|(probe)) +snd-card-[0-9]/ {print $3}' /etc/modules.conf > + read -e line > + echo snd-ymfpci > snd-ymfpci > + read -e line This resembles the output I get. > >Both systems are running the same versions of bash and libc6. Any >ideas? HTH, Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]