Re: Bash doesn't ignore whitespaces

2007-06-09 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2007-06-08 23:11:58 +0200, Valentin wrote: > Hi everybody. I've just installed lenny on my notebook and already have > the first problem :) > It seems that when I try to pipe stdout to other programs, bash doesn't > ignore whitespaces. > Example: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bash doesn't ignore whitespaces

2007-06-08 Thread Valentin
On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 09:37:31 +0800 "li sh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Maybe there are some matters in the konsole or gnome-terminal(?) ? Try > those commands in the real terminal ? I had the problem in gnome-terminal and didn't test the normal terminals. Should the problem occur again (I hope no

Re: Bash doesn't ignore whitespaces

2007-06-08 Thread li sh
On 6/9/07, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am actually sure that bash is working fine in general and it was only for you in your environment that it was causing problems. Maybe there are some matters in the konsole or gnome-terminal(?) ? Try those commands in the real terminal ? -- li

Re: Bash doesn't ignore whitespaces

2007-06-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Valentin wrote: > I'll now try stuff like reinstalling bash or compiling it myself, > getting newer versions etc. Perhaps it'll work. :) I am actually sure that bash is working fine in general and it was only for you in your environment that it was causing problems. Because otherwise if bash real

Re: Bash doesn't ignore whitespaces

2007-06-08 Thread Valentin
Huh. I don't know what I did, but it seems that somewhere I did something right (tried everything I said and dpkg-reconfigure...) Well, at least I now have bash 3.2 --Valentin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bash doesn't ignore whitespaces

2007-06-08 Thread Valentin
Thanks for the suggestions > That is very strange. Did an IFS (input field separator) variable get > set? First I would verify that value. The following is one way: > > $ printf "$IFS" | od -tx1 -c > 000 20 09 0a >\t \n That's what it says for me: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~

Re: Bash doesn't ignore whitespaces

2007-06-08 Thread Bob Proulx
Valentin wrote: > It seems that when I try to pipe stdout to other programs, bash doesn't > ignore whitespaces. Wow. That would make doing anything very hard. > Example: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg |grep foo > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep foo > bash: grep: comm

Bash doesn't ignore whitespaces

2007-06-08 Thread Valentin
Hi everybody. I've just installed lenny on my notebook and already have the first problem :) It seems that when I try to pipe stdout to other programs, bash doesn't ignore whitespaces. Example: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg |grep foo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dmesg | grep foo bash: grep: c