During scripting I use the command 'hostname -i' to return the ip address of the hostname. All is good, the ip value is what I expect, _except_ for a trailing space. I see no need for a trailing space as it complicates the script considerably and is inconsistently with other similar commands.
Example: ---- [terje@jenna ~]$ hostname -i | xxd 00000000: 3139 322e 3136 382e 322e 3133 3920 0a 192.168.2.139 . ---- (Note the '20' hex (space) prior to newline). So, the reason for that is that "hostname -i" can output multiple IP addresses -- and the code that does this is simplistic. But yea, the trailing space shouldn't be there at the end. Thanks, I'll fix it for the next release.
