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and subject line Re: Bug#573287: dash: read function does not work as specified
in manpage towards backslashes
has caused the Debian Bug report #573287,
regarding dash: read function does not work as specified in manpage towards
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Package: dash
Version: 0.5.5.1-3
Severity: important
the bellow examples explain it:
#bash:
$ read line && echo $line
\\ \\ \\ \\
\ \ \ \
$ read -r line && echo "$line"
\\ \\
\\ \\
#dash:
$ read line && echo "$line"
\\ \\ \\ \\
\\
$ read -r line && echo "$line"
\\ \\
\ \
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing-proposed-updates
APT policy: (500, 'testing-proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500,
'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-2-amd64 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages dash depends on:
ii debianutils 3.2.2 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii dpkg 1.15.5.6 Debian package management system
ii libc6 2.10.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib
dash recommends no packages.
dash suggests no packages.
-- debconf information:
* dash/sh: true
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On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 11:02:15AM +0000, Rui Damas wrote:
> the bellow examples explain it:
>
> #bash:
> $ read line && echo $line
> \\ \\ \\ \\
> \ \ \ \
>
> $ read -r line && echo "$line"
> \\ \\
> \\ \\
>
> #dash:
> $ read line && echo "$line"
> \\ \\ \\ \\
> \\
>
> $ read -r line && echo "$line"
> \\ \\
> \ \
Hi Rui,
it's the 'echo "$line"' that recognizes the backslash, not 'read -r',
see
http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/utilities/echo.html
Please try
dash -c 'read -r line && printf "%s\n" "$line"' <<\EOT
\\ \\
EOT
Regards, Gerrit.
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