Re: echo '-e' doesn't work as expected, or does it?

Philip wrote: > Hi! Short question this time.. > > $ echo '-e' > does not print -e > > $ echo '-e ' > does print -e . By the way, neither -e nor -E are explained in the option section of „help echo“. Only -n is mentioned there. GNU bash, Version 4.2.10(1)-release (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu)

Re: echo '-e' doesn't work as expected, or does it?

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Ralf Goertz wrote: > Philip wrote: > >> Hi! Short question this time.. >> >> $ echo '-e' >> does not print -e >> >> $ echo '-e ' >> does print -e . > > By the way, neither -e nor -E are explained in the option section of > „help echo“. Only -n is mentioned there.

Re: echo '-e' doesn't work as expected, or does it?

Pierre Gaston writes: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Ralf Goertz > wrote: >> Philip wrote: >> >>> Hi! Short question this time.. >>> >>> $ echo '-e' >>> does not print -e >>> >>> $ echo '-e ' >>> does print -e . >> >> By the way, neither -e nor -E are explained in the option section of >> „

Re: Bash readline remap ESC insert/command mode key

> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 04:52:06PM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: >On 1/22/12 7:35 AM, Roger wrote: >>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 09:17:32PM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: >>> >>> I could look at putting in some sort of inter-character timeout, but I >>> don't know yet how well the code structure lends itself

Re: Bash readline remap ESC insert/command mode key

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 08:52:17AM EST, Roger wrote: [..] > Matter of fact, I'm starting to find VIM's long wait time length > a little annoying. ;-) :h tm :h ttm CJ

Variable undefines - bug or feature?

Hi, after the following fragment of code named variable gets empty: ls | while read file ; do v=1 break done echo $v Is it a bug or a feature? GNU bash, version 4.1.2(1)-release Denis

Re: Variable undefines - bug or feature?

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Denis Melnikov wrote: > Hi, > after the following fragment of code named variable gets empty: > > ls | while read file ; do >  v=1 >  break > done > echo $v > > Is it a bug or a feature? > GNU bash, version 4.1.2(1)-release > > Denis > Pipelines create subshells.

Re: Bash readline remap ESC insert/command mode key

On 1/23/12 8:52 AM, Roger wrote: > A little more indepth examination, and I can see VIM's wait is approximately > double of what the readline patch's wait time is. However, I think the > shorter > wait time is more functional as when typing a double char, it in no way takes > as long as VIM's

Re: Variable undefines - bug or feature?

On 1/23/12 2:58 PM, Denis Melnikov wrote: > Hi, > after the following fragment of code named variable gets empty: > > ls | while read file ; do > v=1 > break > done > echo $v > > Is it a bug or a feature? > GNU bash, version 4.1.2(1)-release All components of a pipeline generally run in sepa

Re: Bash readline remap ESC insert/command mode key

> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 04:52:17AM -0900, Roger wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 04:52:06PM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: >>On 1/22/12 7:35 AM, Roger wrote: On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 09:17:32PM -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: I could look at putting in some sort of inter-character timeout, but

Re: Cross compile crapout

On 1/23/12 1:12 AM, Jonathan Andrews wrote: > I needed a statically linked bash for testing an arm board. I did not > expect it to be nearly 3MB though ! It surprises me that a statically > linked bash is bigger than the entire busybox binary i've compiled, or > my kernel image for that matter. Is

Re: Cross compile crapout

On Mon, 2012-01-23 at 20:30 -0500, Chet Ramey wrote: > On 1/23/12 1:12 AM, Jonathan Andrews wrote: > > > I needed a statically linked bash for testing an arm board. I did not > > expect it to be nearly 3MB though ! It surprises me that a statically > > linked bash is bigger than the entire busybox