On 30 Jul 2000 17:55 Bret Hughes wrote:
>I have a script that reads file names (each on a different
>line) from a file, does some work and writes the record read
>
>in from the file and appends ": timestamp" to it.
>
>Later when I am trying to process the file (it is still
>going) with variable=$(tail -1 logfile) the embedded ^M is
>kicking my ass:
[snip]
Try "echo -n $variable"
Tony
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