On 11/26/05, Jan de Haan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> David Koski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > echo -n "3 ===";echo -n ${MD5PW} | tr ' ' '\n' | while read char ; do awk
> > > \
> > > '{printf("%c",$char)}' ; done ; echo "===" [EMAIL
> > > PROTECTED]:/home/user/tmp
> >
> > Try to replace "awk" with "echo $char | awk".
> > I know that doesn't answer your question.
>
> thanks for your answer.
> I loose the last character now ;-)
Have you tried removing the "-n" from "echo"? I'd guess that read is
waiting for the last carriage return, which you've inhibited.
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Michael A. Marsh
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