Re: csh builtin command problems
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Ian Lepore wrote: > On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 21:34 -0400, Robert Simmons wrote: >> I'm trying to use sysv style echo in /bin/csh and I've hit a wall as >> to how to get it to work. >> >> The following does not have the outcome that I'm looking for: >> >> # echo_style=sysv >> # echo test\ttest > test >> # cat test >> testttest >> >> I want this: >> >> # echo test\ttest > test >> # cat test >> test test >> >> Any thoughts? > > What I see on 8.3 is this: > > % set echo_style=sysv > % echo test\ttest > testttest > % echo "test\ttest" > test test > % > > So it seems from this very minimal test that the implementation of echo > is correct, but the parsing of the command line in csh requires that the > \t in the arg be protected with quotes. (I don't normally spend any > longer in csh than it takes for a .cshrc to launch bash, and even that's > only on systems where I don't control /etc/passwd to just use bash > directly.) Thanks. I should have tried double quotes. That works. ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: csh builtin command problems
On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 21:34 -0400, Robert Simmons wrote: > I'm trying to use sysv style echo in /bin/csh and I've hit a wall as > to how to get it to work. > > The following does not have the outcome that I'm looking for: > > # echo_style=sysv > # echo test\ttest > test > # cat test > testttest > > I want this: > > # echo test\ttest > test > # cat test > testtest > > Any thoughts? What I see on 8.3 is this: % set echo_style=sysv % echo test\ttest testttest % echo "test\ttest" testtest % So it seems from this very minimal test that the implementation of echo is correct, but the parsing of the command line in csh requires that the \t in the arg be protected with quotes. (I don't normally spend any longer in csh than it takes for a .cshrc to launch bash, and even that's only on systems where I don't control /etc/passwd to just use bash directly.) -- Ian ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: csh builtin command problems
On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Dieter BSD wrote: > Robert writes: >> I want this: >> >> # echo test\ttest > test >> # cat test >> test test > > I have given up on using echo for anything the least bit fancy, > in favor of printf(1) which gives much better control. > > printf "test\ttest\n" I understand, but can anyone verify that what I was doing is correct as far as the man page, and that it is not working on your 9.0 box as well? ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: csh builtin command problems
Robert writes: > I want this: > > # echo test\ttest > test > # cat test > test test I have given up on using echo for anything the least bit fancy, in favor of printf(1) which gives much better control. printf "test\ttest\n" ___ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
